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April 11, 2021

What will it take for a post-racist world?: Columban Competition: Third place UK essay

Continuing our review of the Columban school’s competition, this week we publish the third place essay, by Cara Treacy, 16, from the Sacred Heart of Mary Girl’s School, Upminster, East London. One day, there may be a world where people can learn and look at racism as something that happened generations ago, as something that... Read More
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March 28, 2021

Let’s create a world without racism: Columban Competition: Winning UK essay

The winning entry for Britain in the Columban Schools Competition, ‘End Racism’, was submitted by 15-year-old Kashaf Zahid, a pupil at Gumley House Convent School in Isleworth, West London. Here is her article, with comments below.  My sister was sitting on the seat in front of mine, in a double decker bus. The bus is... Read More
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January 30, 2021

Hypocrisy charge as new coal mine gets go ahead

A Catholic environmentalist has accused the Government of “hypocrisy” over its decision not to block plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria. Cumbria County Council approved plans for Woodhouse Colliery in 2019, as it will create jobs in an area of high unemployment. And now Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State responsible for planning,... Read More
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October 13, 2020

Vatican official talks on the importance of biodiversity in Columban podcast

Columbans have published their sixth and final podcast on the theme of biodiversity, writes Ellen Teague. Fr Joshtrom Kureethadam, Co-ordinator for ‘Ecology and Creation’ at the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development, speaks to the Columban International JPIC Co-odinator about how to reimagine the Biblical vision of Jubilee for the 21st century. In our age of ecological crisis... Read More
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October 7, 2020

Columbans launch schools essay competition to ‘End Racism’

‘Let’s Create A World Without Racism’ is the theme for a schools’ competition launched by the Columban Missionary Society, writes Ellen Teague. The objective is to encourage students aged 14-18 years old to use their media skills to look at a topical issue which is relevant to society today and resonates with Catholic Social Teaching.... Read More
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August 29, 2020

Single-use plastic waste in seas ‘under reported’ as immediate ban demanded

Single use plastic must be banned as a matter of urgency, a Catholic environmentalist has demanded, amid warnings over the vast amounts being dumped in oceans. The way in which plastics are produced and used must also be changed, Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, said, warning that without such action... Read More
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