Mission News

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Gary Walker

This year St Columbans Mission Society celebrates its 90th year as a Catholic missionary organisation. In The Far East, March 1, 1930, Bishop Edward J Galvin wrote this letter to Columban missionaries. It indicates how dangerous and uncertain life was in China in the 1920s. (more)

Fr Joe Ruys is an associate priest from Melbourne working with the Columban Fathers in Lima, Peru. In September 2007 he wrote about a young boy 15 years of age, who was quadraplegic.  (more)

Fr Sean McDonagh - My interest in ecology stems for my experience of working with the T’boli people in South Cotabato from 1980 to 1991. Within a few months of arriving in Lake Sebu (more)

It is an immense joy to see the vitality of the young Churches. Their fruitfulness fills us with hope, especially as we face the vocations shortage in the Churches of ancient tradition. (more)

The Columban Mission Institute Centres for Peace, Ecology and Justice and Christian-Muslim Relations in partnership with the City of Sydney will host a Public Forum on ‘Growing a Culture of Peace' in Sydney (flyer)