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12th October 2012
Annual Intercultural Mass
On Saturday, October 6th, St. Catherine of Siena Church in Birmingham, where Columban Fr. Jim Fleming is Parish Priest, was packed for the Annual Intercultural Mass.
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12th October 2012
Hospitality and Generosity in Pakistan
My name is Alex Stockbridge and I am currently a third year student at university in Birmingham England, where I am studying Business management with communications.
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3rd October 2012
Government of Sindh, Pakistan, gives land to religious sisters
The provincial government of Pakistan’s Sindh region has presented land in Karachi to religious sisters in appreciation of their educational work in the country.
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14th September 2012
Columban speaks on Vatican Radio about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
Fr Robert McCullock, who worked for 34 years in Pakistan, is now procurator general of the Columban Missionaries in Rome. Here he speaks on Vatican Radio about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
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4th September 2012
Columban ‘Local Hero’
Columban Jim Fleming, parish priest of St. Catherine’s parish in Birmingham, has been named as a ‘Local Hero’ by the Birmingham Mail newspaper. The award honours people for their willingness to help others, and a presentation will be made at a ceremony in November.
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25th April 2012
Multifaith celebration in Birmingham schools
Fr. Jim Fleming, the Columban parish priest of St. Catherine’s parish in Birmingham, reports on the Interfaith week celebrated in both St. Catherine of Siena Primary School and Priory Edgbaston Catholic Independent School during March. He worked for several decades himself in Pakistan.
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4th March 2012
Being a school chaplain
Columban Fr Jim Fleming is parish priest of St. Catherine’s parish in Birmingham. He came to this work after several decades of mission in Pakistan and has a special interest in inter-faith dialogue. He is also a school chaplain.
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22nd December 2011
Christmas message from the Holy Land by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
The following is the Christmas message of Archbishop Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. He speaks about interfaith dialogue, the ‘Arab Spring’, Palestine’s application to join the UN, and a call for solidarity with the diminishing Christian community in the Holy Land. Below is the full text of the message.
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5th December 2011
Special Report: Assisi Interfaith gathering of religious leaders
This is a report by Columban Father Patrick McInerney. He is vice-director of the Columban Mission Institute in Australia and coordinator of its Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations. He worked in Pakistan for more than 20 years.
The Assisi Interfaith gathering “Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace” held on 27 October 2011, celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s invitation in 1986 to other faiths to meet with him in Assisi. Here, links into relevant documents are provided.
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17th October 2011
A Trip Down Memory Lane
An article by Catholic journalist Paul Donovan which pays tribute to the Columbans and English Columban Ed O’Connell, who is on mission in Peru.
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