Celebration Day in Belcarra to Remember Fr John Blowick

Celebration Day in Belcarra to Remember Fr John Blowick

Archbishop Michael Neary led the liturgy in the parish of Belcarra on 28 October 2018 at a Mass to honour Fr John Blowick, co-founder of the Missionary Society of St Columban, as well as the many Columban missionaries who hailed from the Archdiocese of Tuam.  ...
Address to Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

Address to Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

The Meath Archaeological & Historical Society invited Fr Neil Collins to address them to mark the Society’s Centenary. On Sunday 18 November, Fr Collins gave the following lecture titled: ‘The Columban Odyssey from Dalgan to the Far East –...
Sacrifice of Columban Martyrs recalled at Dalgan Mass

Sacrifice of Columban Martyrs recalled at Dalgan Mass

At a Mass in Dalgan Park, Fr Neil Collins recalled the lives of the 24 Columban martyrs who died violently on mission over the course of the Society’s 100 years. Relatives of the 23 priests and one Columban Sister joined Columban missionaries for the...
Fr Patrick Joseph O’Herlihy

Fr Patrick Joseph O’Herlihy

Fr Patrick (‘Pat’) O’Herlihy died in St Columban’s Nursing Home early on 13 November 2018. Born in Berrings, Iniscarra, Co Cork on 5 August 1933, Pat was educated in Berrings NS, Presentation College, Cork and St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Co Cork. He came to Dalgan in...
Archbishop Neary sings the praises of Columbans in Belcarra

Archbishop Neary sings the praises of Columbans in Belcarra

“The spirit of idealism is so characteristic of the Columbans,” Archbishop Michael Neary of Tuam said in his address at Belcarra parish in Co Mayo at a Mass to mark the centenary of the Society on 28 October 2018. In an affirming address at St Anne’s Parish, the...