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We're an international Catholic missionary organisation centred on the Eucharist that crosses boundaries of culture & religion to spread the Good News of Christ
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza is the Bishop of San Carlos in the Philippines. Known for his courageous leadership Bishop Gerardo walks alongside communities affected by poverty, injustice and the climate crisis. #PilgrimOfHope #Jubilee2025 #Philippines #Columbans #Missionaries
Sarah MacDonald, Editor of the Far East magazine reflects on the Columban Sisters Centenary pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Columban across Europe. A great read: columbans.co.uk/reflection/147… #Columbans #Missionaries #Pilgrimage #St.Columban #ColumbanSisters
The Columbans in Britain recently released a new hymn, titled ‘Welcome and Love’, celebrating the power of communities to offer welcome to those forced to flee their homes. 🎵youtu.be/X5HW8RoOA3s?fe… #Columbans #Missionaries #RefugeesWelcome #WelcomeTheStranger
This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.
This month we're focusing on the theme of #pilgrimage. 🪧 We pray for pilgrims everywhere, inviting them to encounter God’s grace in nature, be renewed by divine love, and allow the living waters of the Spirit to transform their hearts. 🙏 #Columbans #Missionaries
Suhail is a young Catholic student from Gaza, seriously wounded in the Israeli attack on the Holy Family parish on Thursday. He writes a column for L’Osservatore Romano, the Holy See’s newspaper. Although Suhail sustained shrapnel wounds to his internal organs during…
This month we're focussing on the theme of #Pilgrimage. 🪧➡️ Ahead of the Columban Way Pilgrimage which took part in May 2023, Jack, a previous Columban Faith in Action Volunteer shares his reflection on pilgrimage and #careforcreation’. columbans.co.uk/reflection/126…
The religion scholar and theologian @AntheaButler gets right to the point: "What do you care about in the Gospels?" Listen to our wide-ranging conversation at "The Spiritual Life" podcast, available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Links here: americamagazine.org/thespiritualli…
Non GMO agriculture is more Biodiversity-friendly.
#GMOs are the backbone of a system that is failing us: Industrial #agriculture. This system treats #food as a #commodity rather than a lifeline. We have the knowledge & the ability to build a less extractive food system. It's time to move toward a #regenerative, #nonGMO future.
BREAKING: UN says rich fossil fuel nations US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc legally obliged to compensate communities for grievous climate harms and phase out all oil, gas & coal by 2030
Amid reports that US transport aircraft designated for nuclear cargo have been detected landing at RAF Lakenheath, we're calling on Keir Starmer to come clean on the potential arrival of US nuclear bombs to Britain. #NoUSnukes Read more: theaviationist.com/2025/07/17/hig…
VIDEO of Cardinal Pizzaballa at Gaza's Catholic Church Praying the Rosary among Children and Faithful (Source: FB Holy Family Church in Gaza)
Brave people. Wonderful solidarity.
Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Church of the Holy Family, Gaza, today, the day after the Church was hit by an Israeli military strike
Columban Fr. Alvaro Martinez reflects on walking the Camino de Santiago, following in the footsteps of the Apostle Saint James. A fantastic read: columbans.co.uk/reflection/166… #Columbans #Missionaries #TheWay #Camino
James is getting organised! 👏🏻🗂️📋 The 47th annual NJPN conference is taking place between 25-27th July 2025 at The Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire and Columbans will be there with a stall! Read more: columbans.co.uk/justice-peace/… #Columbans #Missionaries #Peace@NJandPNetwork
If Columban Mission is a “mad thing to do”, there can be none more mad – nor more inspiring – than three members of the Collier family. John Boles explains more in his article 'Those crazy Columban Colliers.' Read it here: columbans.co.uk/reflection/160… #Columbans #Missionaries
🚨 BREAKING: This morning we dropped a MASSIVE banner from Westminster bridge with @StopCambo to give a clear message to MPs arriving for the last PMQs before the summer recess: #StopRosebank 📸 Angela Christofilou
Recalling the famous Christmas soccer match that occurred between opposing forces at the begging of World War I, Pope Leo XIV said it is “always possible to meet, even in a time of ... war,” and people must create opportunities to do so. cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/0…
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is calling on churches across the nation to mark the “somber milestone” of the 80th anniversary of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, which took place in New Mexico in 1945. catholicnewsagency.com/news/265363/ar…