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2022 Columban Mid-Year Appeal

"What enables us to live out this call to mission is to know that people support us. You walk with us. You read our stories. But more than that, you are part of our lives. You belong to the wider Columban Family" - Tom Rouse

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Who are the Columbans?

Columbans are a missionary society of priests who work in cooperation with lay people and Columban Sisters in 16 countries from a standpoint of solidarity with the poor and integrity of creation. Formally founded in 1918, St Columbans Mission Society takes its name from St Columban, Ireland's sixth century missionary to Europe. Read more about us

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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples


August 9 is dedicated by the UN to the celebration of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

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Why Synodality? - By Fr Patrick McMullan - Korea


The Catholic Church has, over the last 100 years, undergone a complex shift in its population distribution, and consequently…

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