Mission News

Jesus was very conscious of the power of evil. His whole life was a struggle against it. The Gospel of John describes Jesus’ life as a battle between light and darkness. Jesus is the light ‘that shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it" [Jn. 1:5-6]. (more)

Fr Robert McCulloch writes "I would not have been able to sustain myself in my work as a Columban missionary priest if I looked for immediate results during my 28 years in Pakistan. Year by year, I have come to understand that the real issue is to serve the love of God, not to look at what I have in my hand or what I can count." (more)

"Bernie, it looks as though Myanmar is a non-starter due to your asthma condition, but the Australian region have asked to have you assigned there to help-co-ordinate their mission education programme! How would you feel if we assigned you to Australia?" (more)

When a part Indian/part Fijian family asked to be received into the Catholic Church, Fr McCaffrey describes how the event brought both communities closer together. (more)

I am forced to use my very inadequate Mandarin on every occasion. My reading of Chinese texts is so bad that one old grandmother admitted that Mass was "very boring" because I read the prayers so slowly. Whenever I get stuck on a word I do not recognise, someone from the congregation usually shouts out the pronunciation for me. (more)

Fr Warren Kinne tells us about day to day life in Shanghai, China. "Hundreds flee as gas leaks in north China." A spill of liquefied natural gas that warmed into 30,000 cubic meters of fumes dispersed over six square-kilometers sending hundred of families freeing, shut down two schools and forced workers to evacuate from 15 factories. (more)

In the struggle against the unjust and unsustainable national debt crisis the PEJ Centre aims to increase awareness of this vital issue and to urge more people, especially Christians to get involved in the Debt Campaign. (more)