columban.org.au ColumbanNews Watch: Concrete hope for migrants and refugees In many ways and in many places around the world Columbans assist people in claiming often denied rights. Poverty must end because every life matters. Pope’s message for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating internally displaced persons. Columban… Continue Reading ColumbanNews – 106th World Day of Migrants & Refugees
Resources for Celebrating a Catholic Season of Creation During September (pdf) 7 Days of Creation Reflection-Retreat Scripture and Prayers (pdf)
Season of Creation – Jubilee for the Earth (Columban Mission Society) Resources for Celebrating a Catholic Season of Creation (Columban Mission Society) 7 Days of Creation Resource (Columban Mission Society) Laudato Si’ Reflection (Caritas – PowerPoint) Encyclical Letter – Laudato Si’ (pdf)
Liturgical Resources to Celebrate a Catholic Season of Creation During September A Catholic Season of Creation Sundays of September (Year C, 2019) Liturgical Resources to Celebrate a Catholic Season of Creation During September ———— Suitable for Parish Liturgy Groups, Religious Congregations, School RECs and individual groups “A Catholic Season of Creation” resource… Continue Reading A Catholic Season of Creation – Sundays of September (Year C, 2019)
columban.org.au_ADVENT RESOURCE https://www.columban.org.au/catholic-mission-files/pdf/educational-resources/advent-resources/advent-resource-year-c-1st-sunday.pdf Click on the below images to be redirected to each resource… This free online Advent Resource, Pathways: Hope for the Journeyis an aid to your Catholic teaching and preaching. It helps us search for God’s presence, revealed over millennia in nature, cultures and people seeking wisdom. This Catholic resource is suitable for… Continue Reading GCCM Update & PATHWAYS: Hope for the Journey (Online Resource_Advent – Year C, 2018)
World Mission Day 21 October Photo Catholic Mission Getting Involved Wondering how you can help? There are many ways you can get involved in Catholic Mission’s life-changing work and make a difference locally or globally. Background We reach out and give life Maybe you’ve known about Catholic Mission for years, or maybe you’ve only… Continue Reading World Missions Sunday_21st October 2018
Wednesday 1st March 2017 is Ash Wednesday, or the first day of Lent. As we enter the Lenten season, here are three important social justice and ecological campaigns and resources to get involved with during the next few weeks. Click on the links below to jump to the section that interests you, or scroll down to… Continue Reading Lent 2017: Project Compassion, Slavery-Free Chocolate and The Grace of Earth
In September this year, Columban Missionary and Eco-Theologian Fr Sean McDonagh attended a joint consultation at the Vatican, also attended by Pope Francis, about Laudato Si’ and the Path to COP22. Fr Sean has written about the experience and the document prepared by those present at the meeting, which emphasies ten key opportunities and priorities… Continue Reading Laudato Si’ and the Path to COP 22: Fr Sean McDonagh, Columban Mission Institute
The World Day of Prayer for Creation (1st September) and the Season of Creation (1st September – 4th October) are not far away now, so we’d like to remind you of a couple of valuable resources that could be very useful to guide you or your parish next month in your prayer and action for… Continue Reading Resources for the Season of Creation from Catholic Earthcare Australia and Columban Mission Institute
The Columban Mission Institute’s Centre for Peace, Ecology and Justice have just published a brand new resource for the Sundays in September 2016, with a focus on Ecology for Catholics. The resource is free to download from the Columban Mission Institute website, and is a fantastic way for Catholic parishes to bring to life the message… Continue Reading Free Parish Resource | A Catholic Season of Creation – Sundays of September | Columban Mission Institute
The Columban Mission Institute has released a resource for Lent 2016, to be used by people of faith to reflect on creation, and the sense of place shared by living creatures. “The Grace of Place” consists of six weekly Lenten reflections to accompany the Gospels for Year C. It explores different aspects of how having a… Continue Reading “The Grace of Place” Lenten resource now available from the Columban Mission Institute
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Read current and past issues of the JEDO Newsletter here, and catch up on the social justice work of the Justice, Ecology and Development Office within the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Continue Reading
The use of acknowledgement plaques on entrances to homes, churches, workplaces and other buildings, serve to remind Australians of the presence of the Aboriginal people in our land millennia before the making of the Australian colonies and the Australian nation Continue Reading Aboriginal Acknowledgement Plaque Orders