Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

In the final week of the Synod on the Amazon, Columban missionary Fr Peter Hughes, who is a participant at the Rome gathering, provided this update on the progress of discussions. Greetings from Rome and a note beginning the final week of this extraordinary event. The...
Fr Colm Seamus Murphy

Fr Colm Seamus Murphy

Fr Colm Murphy was born on 28 December 1930 in Sandymount, Dublin. He was educated at Dublin’s Model National School and at Belvedere College. He came to Dalgan in 1948 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1954. After ordination he was appointed to study...
Fr Francis (Frank) Mannion

Fr Francis (Frank) Mannion

Fr Frank Mannion was born at Cummer, Corofin, Co Galway on 15 October 1927. Educated at Cummer NS and St Jarlath’s Collegle, Tuam, he came to Dalgan in 1946 and was ordained priest on 21st December 1952. Appointed to Korea in 1953, after language studies he was first...
Columbans at the Amazon Synod in Rome

Columbans at the Amazon Synod in Rome

Amy Echeverria, Central JPIC Co-ordinator for the Missionary Society of St Columban is in Rome, where the Synod on the Amazon is taking place. She has sent this update: Hope and joy-filled greetings from Rome! At this stage, the Synod on the Amazon is in deep dialogue...