Features

  Celebrating "Velitas" in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Dec 08, 2023
Yesterday I travelled the 80 kilometres to Levin to celebrate ''Velitas'' with the recently arrived community of Colombian refugees.
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  St Columbanus; A study in contradictions - by Fr Patrick O'Shea

Nov 24, 2023
The opening prayer of the Mass for St Columban’s day says that Columban “wonderfully joined the work of evangelization to zeal for monastic life”.
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  Happy St Columban's Day

Nov 23, 2023
Today Columban missionaries, ordained and lay, co-workers, associate priests and benefactors around the world are celebrating the feast of our patron, St Columban.
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  World Day of the Poor 2023

Nov 17, 2023
Columban missionaries recognize the challenge of worldwide and local poverty and stand in solidarity with communities in their struggle against injustice.
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  In memory of Vinita Naidu

Nov 14, 2023
In loving memory of Vinita Naidu, friend, co-worker, and office manager here at the Columban Mission, Lower Hutt. She died last Thursday and her funeral will be tomorrow.
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  A Change in the Direction of the Wind

Nov 06, 2023
History was made on November 23, 2022, when leadership of the Columbans in Fiji passed from Caucasian Columbans to Columbans from the Pacific and Asia.
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  World Mission Sunday 2023

Oct 22, 2023
World Mission Sunday is celebrated on October 22nd, and is a day of significance for Columban missionaries who are devoted to walking the journey of justice and harmony in solidarity with peoples who experience poverty and marginalisation.
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