Pianist Michael McHale returns to Dalgan

Pianist Michael McHale returns to Dalgan

Pianist Michael McHale will perform at Dalgan Park on 10 December 2017 at 3.00pm. Considered one of the finest Irish pianist of his generation, this is an opportunity to hear him play works by Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Field, Liszt and McHale. He first performed at St...
New history of Columbans is “an invaluable work of reference”

New history of Columbans is “an invaluable work of reference”

The brisk sales for Fr Neil Collins’ new history of the Missionary Society of St Columban on the Feast of St Columban is confirmation of Fr Cyril Lovett’s description of the book as “an invaluable work of reference”. In his address to officially launch ‘A Mad Thing to...
Meath Columban witnesses Papal visit to Myanmar

Meath Columban witnesses Papal visit to Myanmar

Just days after the Columban Missionaries at Dalgan Park celebrated the launch of their Centenary year, Fr Eamon Sheridan SSC witnessed, at first hand, the hope and joy of Pope Francis’s visit to Myanmar. A native of Drogheda, Fr Sheridan works at a centre for alcohol...
Laudato Si’ and Renewable Energy conference

Laudato Si’ and Renewable Energy conference

Columban eco theologian Fr Sean McDonagh is one of the speakers at this Saturday’s conference in Dalgan Park on Laudato Si’ and Renewable Energy. Since the launch of the Pope’s encyclical, St Columban’s has hosted a series of conferences on Laudato Si’ linking it to...
Bishops attend opening Mass of the Centenary

Bishops attend opening Mass of the Centenary

Members of the Irish hierarchy joined the Columban missionaries at Dalgan Park on the Feast of St Columban for the opening ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Vatican’s approval of the Society in 1918. Originally known as the ‘Maynooth Mission to China’, the...