St Thérèse Prayer Card – A Prayer for Mission

St Thérèse Prayer Card – A Prayer for Mission

Last year we introduced the St Columban prayer card with the theme of peace. That prayer card has now gone to many parts of the world, a world greatly in need of peace. As a result of the huge response to the St Columban prayer card, we are now introducing the second...
All Paths Lead to Carlow St Columbanus Celebration

All Paths Lead to Carlow St Columbanus Celebration

All paths lead to Carlow this July when the town hosts the XXVI Columbanus Day celebration from 11th July to 13th July 2025. This significant occasion honours St Columbanus, one of Ireland’s most influential early missionaries, recognised for his contributions to the...
More Coverage of Columban Martyrs in WWII

More Coverage of Columban Martyrs in WWII

Both the Offaly Independent and the Tuam Herald have given extensive coverage of the Columban Martyrs in recent issues. The Offaly Independent has focused on Fr Patrick Kelly from William Street in Tullamore including a piece by Mairéad O’Brien on Fr Patrick Kelly’s...
No Words Needed

No Words Needed

Columban Lay Missionary Angie Escarsa writes about her accompaniment of a Ukrainian refugee who has been confined to a nursing home because of her health issues and has become isolated by her lack of English. “Preach everywhere you go and, if necessary, use words”...