Year of Vocation Launch

Year of Vocation Launch

The launch of the Year of Vocation and Vocation Sunday will be marked with a special Mass on Saturday 29th April 2023 at 6pm in the Carmelite Church, Whitefriar Street, Dublin, celebrated by Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. This is an opportunity to give thanks for your...
Easter celebrations at Holy Trinity Church in Xiantao

Easter celebrations at Holy Trinity Church in Xiantao

By mid-afternoon on Holy Saturday, there was already a steady hum of activity at Holy Trinity Church in Xiantao, about 100 km west of Wuhan, writes Columban missionary Fr Dan Troy. Food was being prepared for those who had travelled long distances two days earlier and...
Jubilee Celebration for Dalgan Class of 1973

Jubilee Celebration for Dalgan Class of 1973

On Saturday 22nd April 2023, the Dalgan class of 1973 celebrated the 50th anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood. While celebrations also took place in Fiji and the Philippines, here in Ireland three Columbans came together to celebrate the happy...
Special status for Columban parish in Philippines

Special status for Columban parish in Philippines

Malate Church in Manila, a parish run by the Columbans, was officially declared an “important cultural property” by the National Museum of the Philippines on 22 April 2023 in recognition of its historical and cultural role. The 435-year-old church is officially known...
Fr Eamon helps Patrick in Myitkyina find sobriety

Fr Eamon helps Patrick in Myitkyina find sobriety

Fr Eamon Sheridan relates how many young men in Myitkyina (Myanmar) are called Columban or Patrick – a legacy of the Irish Columbans who worked there between 1936 and 1978. In 2017, Fr Eamon began working at the Rebirth Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Myitkyina....