River Skane’s Biodiversity Under the Lens in Dalgan

River Skane’s Biodiversity Under the Lens in Dalgan

This year’s ‘Take Me to the River’ project saw Dalgan host a mix of indoor and outdoor presentations focused on the biodiversity of the River Skane where it flows through the Columbans’ land. The theme of the event was ‘River Systems Magnify – Dalgan Park...
“Bring flowers of the rarest…”

“Bring flowers of the rarest…”

In the month of May, my thoughts often return to the days of my childhood when my two sisters and I would set up a May altar at home, writes Columban Missionary Sr Ann Gray.  Singing the well-known hymn, ‘Bring flowers of the rarest, bring blossoms the fairest, from...
Columban Farewell: Nature Restored + 6 Chapels Built

Columban Farewell: Nature Restored + 6 Chapels Built

The Columban presence in Our Lady of Lourdes Mission Station, Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental (Philippines) is ending, writes Columban Missionary Fr Brendan Kelly. It has been a blessing in the lives of the faith community. A once peripheral, marginalised, and...
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...