Columbans have come to believe that violence done to the Earth itself is a part of war, whether through habitat destruction, the extraction of resources for weapons, or the murder of environmental defenders. As people of faith, we have a responsibility to practice nonviolence. We can do this by choosing to live simply and sustainably, …
Jubilee for the Earth (Episode 4): Non-violence for the Earth Read More »
An account of what happened during the Martial Law years. Never Again.
Remembering Negros Nine and those who were unjustly persecuted during Martial Law
August 1 FR. PATRICK HICKEY was born in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia on April 20, 1930. He died suddenly in the Epworth Hospital, Melbourne on August 1, 2013. Educated in the Sisters of Mercy School, Subiaco, St. Patrick’s Boys’ School, and the Christian Brothers College, Perth, he spent four years in the Commonwealth Bank before entering …
August 17 FR. AUGUSTINE ROWE was born in 1923 at Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He died on August 17, 1991 at Dalgan. Father Gus, as he was fondly called, received his secondary education at St. Mary’s Christian Brothers School, Tralee, Ireland before entering Dalgan seminary in 1941 where he was ordained priest in 1947. Assigned to …
August 24 FR. RUDOLPH HOZA was born in the parish of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1918. He died on August 24, 2001 in Rose Hawthorne Hospice Home, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Having studied at Silver Creek, Bristol and Nebraska, Father Rudy was ordained priest in December 1942. It was wartime, so his first appointment was to …
According to Fr Sean McDonagh, a Columban Priest, “Learning about creation tells us who God is in our world today. This is very much in line with this new understanding that all creation is intrinsically valuable to God and we must respect it as such.”
