A Different RetreatMar 20, 2025
When my friends told me that they had stayed in a cabin overlooking the ocean, I immediately thought that would be a good place for a solitary retreat Read more
Celebrating the feast of St PatrickMar 17, 2025
Today we celebrate the feast of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Today is a special day for Columbans as our missionary society was founded in Ireland in 1918 and the first Columbans were Irish as have been a large majority of our members. Read more
Ash Wednesday 2025Mar 05, 2025
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the forty days of preparation to recall and celebrate the salvation that Jesus won for us through his birth into our human nature, his life of missionary service and his death and resurrection. Read more
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
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