Prayers for the Missing Nanuku Nine

Prayers for the Missing Nanuku Nine

Fr Frank Hoare appeals for solidarity and prayerful support for the families of the Nanuku Nine – a group of men who disappeared at the beginning of May on a fishing expedition in Fiji. One morning at the beginning of May, nine men ranging in age from 20 years to 57...
Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Willliam Martin

Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Willliam Martin

Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Martin was born in Ballymena, Co Antrim on 18th April 1931. He is an older brother of Fr Richard Martin and a nephew of the late Fr Bernard O’Neill. He was educated in Crescent Primary School Limerick, Ballymena PES and St Malachy’s College,...
Columban Families Gather for Cemetery Sunday

Columban Families Gather for Cemetery Sunday

Over 400 family members and relatives of deceased Columban missionaries travelled to St Columban’s, Dalgan last Sunday for the annual Cemetery Sunday Mass gathering and the blessing of the graves. Due to the inclement weather, mass was celebrated inside in the college...
Director of US-Mexico Columban Centre Honoured

Director of US-Mexico Columban Centre Honoured

Columban Missionary Fr Alvaro Martinez reports on the recent honour awarded to the Director of the Columban Pastoral Centre at the US-Mexico border. Cristina Coronado received Annunciation House’s ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ award. In the heart of the...
Life on a Platter

Life on a Platter

Columban Missionary Fr Tim Mulroy writes about a ten-week workshop at the Columban Mission Centre in Lima equipping migrant women with baking and cooking skills to help them find work.   Could it be said that the reign of God is like a platter of various kinds of...