Jubilees Celebrate “Lifelong Commitment” to Columbans

Jubilees Celebrate “Lifelong Commitment” to Columbans

On the 15th August, the Feast of the Assumption, Columban Missionaries gathered in Dalgan to celebrate this year’s jubilees – platinum, diamond, golden and silver jubilees. Fr Seán McNulty was the homilist at the Jubilee Mass in Dalgan Chapel. We reproduce his...
Tapestry Weaves Story of Columban Martyrs

Tapestry Weaves Story of Columban Martyrs

This week’s Tuam Herald features a story about a wonderful tapestry commissioned by a relative of Columban Martyr Fr Francis Canavan. The article is written by Mairéad O’Brien, a retired teacher and historian who has written extensively about the Columban martyrs,...
“Those Crazy Columban Colliers”

“Those Crazy Columban Colliers”

If Columban Mission is a “mad thing to do”, as our co-founder Bishop Edward Galvin once said, then there can be none more mad – nor more inspiring – than the three members of the Collier family who joined the Society, writes Fr John Boles. “When his family heard about...
“May there be peace!”

“May there be peace!”

Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan and one Catholic’s campaign for peace and reconciliation. It is 80 years since atomic bombs struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 6th August 1945 at 8:15am the first of these...
Ireland’s First ‘Interfaith Camino’

Ireland’s First ‘Interfaith Camino’

Fr Pat Colgan was among those who took part in a recent pilgrimage walk honouring the rich religious landscape of County Meath. It brought together members of Turas Columbanus, the Irish branch of the Via Columbani Network which seeks to foster European unity around...