Free speech is not purely a question of license but also of being able to seek out what is the common good of society.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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In their own ways, in different cultures and languages, amongst different peoples from one's own, Columban missionaries are called to deepen the Easter experience, to be witnesses of the Risen Lord.

(Narrated by John Doherty)

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We have also enhanced our efforts in Christian-Muslim relations. Furthermore we continue accompanying and defending the rights of migrants and raising the awareness of care for creation, in particular, the ongoing threat of Climate Change.

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Fr Donal O’Keeffe helped Catholic groups articulate their faith in terms of challenging structural injustice. They also sat in front of bulldozers, blocking the machines that were demolishing houses...

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After death there is the solemn transferral of the body into the coffin. This small but important rite is done in the home. The priest blesses the body which is laid out on a strong cloth...

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A lovely side effect is that at 80 I feel free from stress. I feel that I am a more effective missionary than the days of my do-it-yourself youthful vigor! My prayer is still, “O Lord keep causing holy disquiet and keep giving me the courage to face it.”

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Fr Pat Colgan writes about a new Columban chapter about to begin. A team of Columban missionaries will begin work in 2015 with the Kachin minority in Myanmar where Columbans who had previously worked from 1936 to 1979.

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Fourteen hundred pupils now enjoy fine facilities and dedicated teachers whose efforts have led to the school being given international accreditation for the quality of its education.

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There are numerous problems facing the community –poverty, unemployment, drug use, violence- and a sense that the entire area is being neglected by the government in terms of development and infrastructure.

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Recently Pope Francis invited us to get to know the poor, whoever they are. He asks us to treat them as persons and respect them. He prays that we might learn what they have to teach us.

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