Resources
Here you can find various resources created or used by Columban missionaries around the world, which you are welcome to use.
Annual Reports
Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Reports
Justice, Peace and Ecology
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti
Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti of the Holy Father Francis on fraternity and social friendship.
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Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’
Encyclical Letter Laudato Si' of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home.
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Laudato Si' Study and Action Guide
This guide is for people of faith and people of conscience who are interested in studying the words of Pope Francis and taking action. It may be used individually or in a group, one chapter at a time or as a whole.
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7 Days of Creation Reflection
A detailed template including scripture and prayers for liturgical reflection around World Day of Prayer for Creation.
Season of Creation Reflection Year C 2022
Stations of the Forests
The Stations of the Forests is a Columban Education Programme which uses the 'Stations of the Cross' format to lament the gradual death of part of God's Creation, the rainforests.
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Stations of the Forests Educational Resource
The Stations of the Forests is a Columban Education Programme which uses the 'Stations of the Cross' format to lament the gradual death of part of God's Creation, the rainforests.
Stations of the Forests PDF
Jubilee for the Earth Study Guide
A helpful study guide to accompany Jubilee for the Earth, the podcast series about biodiversity.
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Prayer of hope in times of turmoil: A Catholic Season of Creation Year B
A liturgical resource for the Catholic Season of Creation
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Eucharist and Laudato Si’: A Catholic Season of Creation Year C
A liturgical resource for the Catholic Season of Creation, Year C
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Society International JPIC Newsletter December 2021
A quarterly update on JPIC international issues.
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Interreligious Dialogue
Al-Mizan, A Covenant for The Earth
Al-Mizan, A Covenant for The Earth, calls on all Muslims to live sustainably and to take care of our common home by combating climate change and biodiversity loss.
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The Birmingham Charter
The Birmingham Charter calls for reflection, repentance and prayer and encourages relationship-building whilst highlighting the need for a strategy to redress the racial imbalances within the Church and community.
Download fileThe Sydney Statement
The Sydney Statement is an interfaith charter for ‘Building Bridges Between Believers from Different Religions’.
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Donating
Your Catholic Legacy - Writing A Will Guide
A practical guide to help you prepare for, and make your wishes clear, for the future
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General
St. Joseph Lenten Resource
St. Joseph Lenten Resource shared by our colleagues in Australia
St. Joseph Lenten Resource
Stations of the Cross for the Care of Creation
This resource emerged out of the annual Lenten Preparation Programme run by Joti Center - the catechetical center of the Hyderabad diocese.
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Columban Policy Statements
Columban Extractives Statement
Columban missionaries see close-up the growing threat of a massive depletion of natural resources and destruction of the environment caused by Extractive Industries.
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Columban Climate Change Statement
We are called to both safeguard ecological biodiversity as revelation of God and to listen to Creation as it speaks to us through ecological crisis such as Climate Change.
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Columban Laudato Si’ Message on Biodiversity
Columbans around the world celebrate the 5th anniversary and the Laudato Si’ message, especially in its call for integral ecology which is a holistic approach to care for our common home that draws on faith, science, education, advocacy, and lifestyle transformation.
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Columban Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Statement
For the past 40 years, the Society has called for abolition of nuclear weapons, rooted in our missionary experience in Japan and in fifteen countries, including four of the nine nations that currently possess nuclear weapons.
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Columban Migration Statement
Since 2000 the Missionary Society of St. Columban committed itself in a special way to “continue accompanying and defending the rights of migrants,” and to address the underlying causes of the migration of peoples.
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Columban Peace Statement
We choose to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence that reflects an inner well-being, just social and economic structures, active non-violence in
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Columban Water Statement
As a result of insights gained from creation-centered theology, we realize that human behaviour must include our relationship with all creation, especially water.
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Society Creation Covenant
We believe that our missionary vocation contains within it an ecological vocation to be in solidarity with the poor and with the natural world which impels us to continually review and renew our option for a simple lifestyle and make choices that bring us in to right relationship with all of Creation.
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Columban Socially and Environmentally Responsible Investment Policy
Our commitment to socially and ethically responsible investing as a witness to our commitment to the Gospel of justice, peace, and care for creation is also grounded in Catholic Social Teaching.
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Presentations
Warmi Huasi Presentation 2020
The Warmi Huasi project in Carabayllo, Lima during the Covid 19 health emergency has implemented new strategies to empower children at risk through advocacy and active citizenship in Lima and Ayacucho, supported by government officials, mothers and adolescents.
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Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales National Synthesis Document June 2022
This synthesis describes the diocesan phase of the synod on synodality between November 2021 and March 2022, seeking to capture the essence of what emerged from the unprecedented participation by the People of God in England and Wales in a world-wide synod process.
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