Earth Day 2024 - By Fr Pat O'SheaApr 22, 2024
Every week I am dismayed by the amount of plastic I deal with. What can be recycled goes into the Council recycling bin Read more
World Water Day 22 March 2024Mar 22, 2024
Columban missionaries live and minister in some of the most populated areas on Earth, where access to clean water is amongst the poorest in the world Read more
The Season of CreationSep 25, 2023
On October 4 the season of creation comes to an end. Pope Francis is to publish on that day a follow up to Laudato Si, his encyclical on caring for our common home. Read more
Season of Creation 2023Aug 30, 2023
The season of creation begins on September 1 and goes on until the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4. This is the 5th year that this season has been celebrated. Read more
Uniting voices of different faiths on protecting the seaAug 07, 2023
The Inter-Religious Dialogue Columban Mission Office in Suva, Fiji, has been focusing on bringing together young believers from different religions to raise awareness about environmental issues Read more
Interconnectedness of all of God’s CreationMay 17, 2023
During the second year of the COVID pandemic, I had the chance to know some of the families in the area when I immersed myself in the locality and appreciated the nature around me. The landscape is incredible with the seas on one end and the farms leading up to the mountain on the other. Read more
An investment for our planetApr 17, 2023
The last five years have been a time of continuous education and awareness raising of this revolutionary idea that requires a massive paradigm shift to an integral ecology, using the language of Laudato Si' of Pope Francis. Read more