2025
Australian Catholic Youth Festival: Catholic Pilgrims Meet Columban Missionaries
Dec 29, 2025
It was great to have the Columban Fathers join the mission team at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival! Their presence, energy, and openness towards inter-generational conversations with pilgrims demonstrated a readiness to listen and a willingness to share the Columban charism for mission.
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Columbans encounter young pilgrims at ACYF 2025
Dec 27, 2025
The Columban booth provided pilgrims with fun and interactive activities that engaged their sense of curiosity about who the Columban missionaries are and what their mission consists of across 15 different countries. Short but impactful interactions allowed the Columban team to demonstrate a spirit of…
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Building peace across faiths: Rev Dr Patrick McInerney
Dec 23, 2025
Statement on the terrorist attack on my Jewish sisters and brothers on Bondi Beach.
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No “woke” Christmas in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Dec 22, 2025
Christmas in Pakistan isn’t a “woke” celebration because Pakistan, in spite of all its troubles, is a country where religious is taken seriously and also embraces what Christians do in celebrating their feasts
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Let us pray for peace
Dec 21, 2025
But maybe we must allow Jesus to be reborn in our own hearts, to recognise that “God-is-with-us” and that we have been entrusted with a mission and a message that our hope is not in vain
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A Christian-Muslim Gathering of Western Sydney Women Supports Afghan Women
Dec 16, 2025
This day stands as a powerful reminder that unity, compassion, and welcoming the stranger remain the strongest values across all faiths.
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Reflection: 3rd Sunday of Advent - What did you expect to find?
Dec 14, 2025
Even when it feels like nothing is going right in your life and you find yourself in a desolate situation, trust that you will receive the strength, energy, and spirit needed to inspire those around you.
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What peace with creation is
Dec 12, 2025
Creation is a word but it can also be much more than that. It is of the interwoven harmony in this world. An example is a spider web, when looking at it you might think it is just a structure when it is actually something so interwoven, connected and large that people might appreciate it.
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How can we practice peace with creation
Dec 08, 2025
We can practise being at peace with creation everyday and you probably don't even notice. You'll think to yourself how you can help at a young age. Being at peace with creation doesn't just mean being peaceful and not fighting with each other, it's just doing all the little things that can make a MASSIVE…
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An Interfaith Reflection on Peace with Creation: Love All Serve All
Dec 04, 2025
If we can learn to appreciate one another and God’s creation then we can live peacefully together.
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Completion of translation of the Roman Missal from Latin to Urdu
Dec 01, 2025
Satisfaction and contentment at the completion on 30 November 2025 of the translation of the Roman Missal (edition typica tertia) from Latin to Urdu.
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What does “Peace with Creation” Look like to You?
Dec 01, 2025
As Christians, we are taught to reconcile with God by seeing him in others and in the natural world around us. Everything made is a product of God’s goodness, and we are the goodness to cultivate and grow more.
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Window on the World’s Religions
Nov 26, 2025
The Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations notes that Window on the World’s Religions is repeatable – it is not just a once-off event but can be done again.
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Should prayer be so difficult?
Nov 26, 2025
So, prayer demands a lot of faith. It is a refusal to give up even in the face of apparent abandonment. It is to believe that, even in my darkest moment, even in times of desperate need, God is there for me.
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Meet Columban Fr Francis Xavier Nbwi La Aung from Fiji at ACYF 2025
Nov 26, 2025
Come visit the St Columbans Mission Booth and meet Fr Francis Xavier Nbwi La Aung from Fiji. Discover how we live our mission of faith, peace and care for creation around the world!
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Sixty Years of Shared Humanity: Nostra Aetate and the Tapestry of Western Sydney
Nov 21, 2025
28 October 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Vatican II’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
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Peace With Creation
Nov 20, 2025
So, let’s return to the garden - not just in memory, but in mission. Let’s walk gently, live thankfully, and fight fiercely for the world God entrusted to us
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Abraham Conference Listening Circles: A Move to Dialogue and Healing Amid Conflict
Nov 19, 2025
This interfaith gathering served as a poignant reminder that even when global events divide communities, local acts of empathy can pave a path toward healing and peace
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Meet Noa Mervyn Tuivunilagi, Columban JPIC Coordinator in Fiji at ACYF 2025
Nov 19, 2025
Come visit the St Columbans Mission Booth and meet Noa Mervyn Tuivunilagi, Columban JPIC Coordinator in Fiji.
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2025 Season of Creation: Peace with Creation – Young Voices Arise
Nov 17, 2025
This year’s Season of Creation Competition received over 200 entries from Catholic students in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.
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2026 Columban Christmas Appeal
"The Almighty will not be outdone in generosity to those who serve the people most in need."
Pope Leo XIV
Donate to the 2026 Columban Christmas Appeal. Your generosity will help to sustain the mission efforts in the fifteen countries where we serve.
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