French Pilgrims Visit Dalgan and Magheramore

French Pilgrims Visit Dalgan and Magheramore

A group of 28 pilgrims from the parish of Luxeuil-les-Bain in France, where St Columbanus founded a monastery in the 6th century, visited both the Columban Fathers in Dalgan Park and the Columban Sisters in Magheramore as part of their pilgrim journey in the footsteps...
Vocation for Justice at 40

Vocation for Justice at 40

Becca Long spoke to Columban Missionary Fr Ed O’Connell and Columban co-worker Ellen Teague about Vocation for Justice, the Columban newsletter which has been promoting justice and highlighting injustice for four decades. If you’ve been a faithful reader of Vocation...
St Bernadette: Awakening Lapsed Faith

St Bernadette: Awakening Lapsed Faith

On many occasions I have recounted my vocational journey and how reading the novel, The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel, changed my life’s trajectory. However, what I have never related was the specific traits of St Bernadette Soubirous’ personality that awakened...
May/June 2026 Issue of Far East Now Available!

May/June 2026 Issue of Far East Now Available!

In the May/June 2026 issue of the Far East magazine, Columban Missionary Fr Tim Mulroy writes about a workshop at the Columban Mission Centre in Lima equipping migrant women with baking and cooking skills to help them find work. ‘Life on a Platter’ is both uplifting...
St Columbanus Inspires Migrant Outreach

St Columbanus Inspires Migrant Outreach

The ‘Paolo Freire’ State Institute for Adult Education (CPIA) has three campuses in Turin (Italy) offering educational courses to migrant adults. The courses in Italian, English, French and other subjects are offered at night to those who have day jobs and in the...