The Martyrs and the Pact of the Catacombs for Our Common Home

The Martyrs and the Pact of the Catacombs for Our Common Home

Director of the Columban Centre for Advocacy and Outreach in Washington, Scott Wright, writes about one of the most symbolic moments during the recent Amazonia Synod. Early Sunday morning, on 20 October 2019, 40 bishops and a hundred or more observers and participants...
Recent deaths in Dalgan

Recent deaths in Dalgan

At the Removal Prayer Service for Columban missionary Fr David Wall on Monday 28th October 2019, Fr Pat Raleigh gave the following address. The recent months here in Dalgan, have not been easy with so many deaths, three in the past week alone, Frank Mannion, Colm...
Fr David Francis Wall

Fr David Francis Wall

Fr David (Davy) Wall was born in Dromcollogher, Co Limerick on 1 April 1927. He was educated at Dromcollogher NS, St Mary’s Secondary School, Dromcollogher, and St Munchin’s College, Limerick. He arrived at St Columban’s College, Navan in September 1944 and was...
“We are living through a very complex situation in Chile”

“We are living through a very complex situation in Chile”

Columban missionary Fr Michael Hoban provides this update on the situation in Chile. We are living through a very complex situation in Chile and it is not easy to know what is really happening. All the members of the Region are safe. There are all kinds of reports,...