Columban Centre Dublin

21/06/2022

Yesterday with our colleagues from the Dublin City Interfaith forum we took part in an Interfaith Prayer service to mark International Refugee Day. The event took place beside the Famine Memoral at Customs House Quay which remembers those who left Ireland as refugeees themselves
Representatives from the Baha'i, Buddhist Christian Hindu Islamic Jewish and Sikh communities came together in prayer and solidarity with the millions of refugees the world over.

15/06/2022

We will be joining members of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum in an Interfaith Prayer Service on Monday June 20th, 12 noon , Famine Memorial, Customs House Quay - please feel free to join us!

20/05/2022

Real sense of more nomal times returning . Very happy to welcome new students and visitors from Ukraine, Panama, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Somalia and Sudan this week - always heartening to see how people from very different backgrounds but on similar migrant journeys can quickly become friends and help each other with the challenge of learning English.
Laughter has no accent and no tricky grammar!

11/05/2022

This is just on of an ongoing series of conversations - if any other parish interested in this interfaith engagement let us or
know!

Excellent presentation and talk on the values practised during Ramadan led by Shia Imam Sayed Hassan Zaidi with members of Brackenstown Parish!

Excellent presentation and talk on the values practised during Ramadan led by Shia Imam Sayed Hassan Zaidi with members of Brackenstown Parish!

10/05/2022

Our friends in the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre are holding a mixed online/in person event -Together for our Planet - What are we called upon to do?
You can register for free for the online event at this link
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing?eid=26840&fbclid=IwAR2FOh9Ip56bTMsmO2_hs7teuf0NDfr2px16VLBSRKiPqzWi3J9v3az5skM

09/05/2022

DCU’s Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations, in partnership with the Irish InterChurch Meeting and the Dublin City Inter-Faith Forum came together recently to develop shared thinking on a number of public issues as a contribution to the Conference on the Future of Europe.
You can see recordings of the sessions here https://www.dcu.ie/religionandhumanvalues/conference-future-europe-february-2022 and read the final report herehttps://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/irin_editor/2022-05/Report_Conference%20on%20the%20Future%20of%20Europe%2C%20Feb%202022_0.pdf
The final paragraph reads " The view of participants was that churches, faith communities, and inter-faith fora should play an
increasingly significant role in the dialogue on public issues. Our report offers ideas on the concepts and organisational principles that can encourage “mutual literacy” and mutually beneficial engagement by political leaders and other stakeholders with religious actors"

We were very happy to be part of this process and look forward to more engagement on these issue

04/05/2022

Recently we were delighted to be at the launch of the new Zen Buddhist Centre in Anglesea St , Dublin 2. Keep your eye out for this documentary! RTE One. May 7th. At 17:35PM. 'Buddha Day - A Dublin Zen Celebration.'

04/05/2022

Lovely to be able to meet up again at the wonderful Chester Beatty Library with colleagues from the Dublin City Interfaith Forum

03/05/2022

After a prolonged absence we hope to get this page up and running again!

08/08/2019

Season of Creation, September 1st to Oct 4th. If you are interested in knowing more then information and resources are available for use in parishes and communities.

Season of Creation 2019 resources are now available and were prepared by the Laudato Si' Working Group. Catherine Brennan SSL from the ECI committee is a member of this group. You can find the resources on the ECI website here >> https://bit.ly/2yEMFoC.

Further resources are available from the Season of Creation website >> https://seasonofcreation.org/. Eco-Congregation Scotland has also produced some resources linked to the revised Common Lectionary. Each resource is written by a different writer within their own context >> https://bit.ly/2GKVrFY.

08/08/2019

This reflection by Fr Jim Mulroney is the tenth in a series of Columban articles published in preparation for the Synod on Amazonia at the Vatican in October 2019. High on a mountain in Australia’s southern island-state of Tasmania, an enthusiastic young guide told us we were standing amidst the p...

08/08/2019

A local Summertime event

A Most Spectacular and diverse festival representing a Global Cultural Integration, showcasing lots of exciting cultural activities all day long, all happening in one venue. Family-friendly activities include the Parade of Nations, Music & Dance performances, with a mix of 50 stands of organisations...