St Columbanus Prayer Service for Peace in Middle East & Ukraine

St Columbanus Prayer Service for Peace in Middle East & Ukraine

In recent months and weeks we have seen the faces of people scarred by war, forced to leave their homes. As we begin the Advent season, in preparation for Christmas, you are invited to come together as part of an online community that cries out for peace in the face...
COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

Ahead of COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh calls for binding forms of energy transition. Recently, an international group of scientists published a report in the magazine BioScience saying that “the Earth’s ‘vital signs’ are the...
New Website Launches on St Columban’s Day

New Website Launches on St Columban’s Day

On the Feast Day of St Columban, 23rd November, we are delighted to unveil our new regional website for the Columbans in Ireland. The new website will provide visitors who wish to learn more about the Missionary Society of St Columban, its history and its ministries,...
Pilgrims for Christ

Pilgrims for Christ

Columban missionary Sr Ann Gray writes about this year’s Columban’s Day gathering in the Swiss city of St Gallen, named after one of the 12 monks who left Bangor monastery in Co Down with St Columban in the 6th century as ‘Pilgrims for Christ’. ‘Whether we are Franks,...
The Columban Ireland-Asia Residence

The Columban Ireland-Asia Residence

The Columban Ireland-Asia Residence is a “welcoming community”, located in a house in Maynooth. It caters to Sisters, priests and lay leaders, mainly from China, who are doing language studies and third level courses at nearby St Patrick’s College Maynooth. The...