Igniting Sparks of HopeSep 19, 2024
This month we continue to celebrate the Season of Creation with its theme of “To Hope and Act with Creation”. Read more
The Benedictus as a Prayer for PeaceAug 15, 2024
Given the wars and conflicts that seem to be happening all over the world, I found myself drawn again to the prayer of Zachariah we know as the Benedictus. Read more
2 Columban Diamond Jubilees in Aotearoa/New ZealandJul 05, 2024
This month two of our New Zealand Columbans celebrate 60 years of Missionary Priesthood. Fr Sean O’ Connor was ordained in Wellington on July 2, 1964, and Fr. Don Hornsey on July 4 in Auckland. Read more
World refugee day 2024Jun 20, 2024
Today is world refugee day. It is a day on which I remember my years as a member of the Catholic chaplaincy group that visited the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney. Read more
It starts with familyMay 16, 2024
Jesus prayed to the Father, “With me in them and you in me, may they be so completely one that the world will realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.” (John 20:23) Read more
Entering into a new cultureMay 08, 2024
Every missionary who has gone to work in another country knows that his or her greatest challenge is to enter as well as possible into the new culture. Read more
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