Ecology
Biodiversity, faith, and the road to COP17
Oct 14, 2026
As faith communities, we have a distinctive role in this process. We do not need to become technical negotiators to matter. We can bring moral language, community trust, spiritual imagination, and practical action. Before COP17, we prepared position papers, statements, webinars, and prayers.
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Partnership and Solidarity to Care for Our Common Home
Sep 30, 2026
It also allowed for discussions to begin about preparations for World Youth Day, Pope Leo’s visit to Australia, and opportunities for the Columbans to build and strengthen partnerships amongst a solid group of Catholic organizations.
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The crosses we carry
Sep 29, 2026
Over the last two years, we have formed and prepared 54 students through our Positive Youth Development Certificate Program.
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Missing the mark
Sep 15, 2026
Denial is a basic defence mechanism in the face of difficulty and tragedy. It can serve a positive purpose in allowing people time and space to come to terms with what is happening.
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Refugees, then and now
Sep 15, 2026
When I returned to New Zealand, I was asked to accompany those Colombians in the Wellington region. They had only recently arrived and knew little about the language and culture.
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Immersed in Living Water: A Call to Care for Our Common Home
Sep 15, 2026
The Season of Creation therefore invites us to move beyond simply speaking about the environment to immersing ourselves in it. Through the Columban JPIC ministry in Fiji, this has meant creating opportunities for people to encounter creation directly and respond through action.
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The treasure of the cross
Sep 15, 2026
They could have built a footpath to have a good road during the rainy season or prioritised purchasing a solar panel because they do not have electricity there, but instead they decided to build a chapel.
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I saved a bee
Sep 13, 2026
As we celebrate the Season of Creation this year, let us take even one small step and join with the Laudato Si Movement to ‘renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion and commitment together’.
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Tree Planting Project – Tree of Life
Sep 13, 2026
I returned to Fiji with a renewed love for caring for our common home and a desire to share my tree planting experiences with others. This experience strengthened my connection with nature and reminded me that trees are truly life-giving.
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19 Years of faith, education, service, and transformation in Pakistan.
Sep 07, 2026
Our heartfelt gratitude goes especially to Columban Fr Robert McCulloch, whose vision, courage and unwavering commitment gave birth to CCAE. He dreamed of creating a place where talented but disadvantaged Catholic boys could overcome poverty and barriers through education, faith, discipline and hard…
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A Tale of Two Tables: Eucharist and Noah’s Pudding
Sep 02, 2026
The Muslim guests embodied community-in-diversity, coming from Afghan, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, and Turkmenistan backgrounds. The Catholics in Baulkham Hills had equally varied backgrounds. The stage was set for a rich intercultural, interfaith encounter.
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Columbans plant through partnership
Sep 01, 2026
Discussions are now underway about the possibility of growing seedlings at the Columban estate for six months before they are taken to the Yarra Valley and planted on native lands, in this way, the Columban Fathers can contribute locally to the TreeProject’s aim of planting 165,000 trees and shrubs by…
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Prayer 4 Action
Aug 24, 2026
Pope Francis gave a “Method for Action” to grow care for Earth in his encyclical Laudato Si’. This method begins with listening to the insights of scientists and respecting these insights since life on Earth sets the agenda. Then believers cast the light of faith on Earth’s realities, drawing on Scripture…
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I saved a bee
Aug 24, 2026
An audience he had not foreseen immediately gathered round: twittering birds who ceased their nest-building to listen, whilst there came to hang from his robe the frolicking squirrels he knew so well, since in his boyhood he had often tamed them.” With experiences such as these, it is no wonder that…
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2026 Season of Creation: A time of grace
Aug 24, 2026
The Columbans in Oceania are celebrating this year's Season of Creation with school programs, competitions, and ecological initiatives that promote care for our common home. May this time of grace be filled with prayerful actions that protect biodiversity in sky, land, and water.
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Living Waters: A global hymn for the Season of Creation
Aug 24, 2026
Columbans around the world decided to work together to write a hymn as a response to this call, with the hope that we all may renew our commitment to care for God’s creation.
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When the sky is pink
Aug 24, 2026
This complex way of ordering time helps us journey ever more deeply into our faith as we discover new dimensions with each year based on what is happening in our personal lives and the world.
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Theme for Season of Creation 2026 - "Immersion in Living Water"
Aug 24, 2026
The 2026 theme, “Immersion in Living Water,” is inspired by Ezekiel 47, where God’s living water flows out to bring fertility, abundance, and healing to all creation—while also reminding us that water can be both life-giving and destructive for communities on the frontline of the ecological crisis.
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Into the Abyss of God’s Love
Aug 24, 2026
Reflecting on my painting now, I see the abyss not as a sign of God's absence but as a sign of the immeasurable depth and fullness of God's love, a love that flows like living water, drawing us into deeper communion with God, with one another, and with all creation.
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Theme for Season of Creation 2026 - "Immersion in Living Water"
Aug 21, 2026
The 2026 theme, “Immersion in Living Water,” is inspired by Ezekiel 47, where God’s living water flows out to bring fertility, abundance, and healing to all creation—while also reminding us that water can be both life-giving and destructive for communities on the frontline of the ecological crisis.
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2027 Columban Art Calendar
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