Fr Bobby Signs Irish Residence Permit Petition

Fr Bobby Signs Irish Residence Permit Petition

Columban Missionary Fr Bobby Gilmore was one of 14,500 signatures on a public petition organised by the Fair Fees Campaign Group which was handed to the Minister for Justice recently asking her to reduce Irish Residence Permit Card fees. The Fair Fees campaign group...
Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

World Mission Sunday 22nd October 2023 “A life unlike your own can be your teacher” – St Columban At this time when so many communities in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere around the world are convulsed by conflict, diversity is often seen as a challenge to be...
Fr Cyril Praises “enriching” Columban Way of Life

Fr Cyril Praises “enriching” Columban Way of Life

Retired editor of the Far East, Fr Cyril Lovett, was recently interviewed by SouthEast Radio’s ‘Morning Mix’ programme about the Columbans, life as a missionary, and the Far East magazine. Asked about his decision to become a Columban missionary, Fr Cyril told the...
I Revered Fr John Smyth

I Revered Fr John Smyth

Columban Fr John Smyth died earlier this year. A younger Columban, Fr Kwon Taemoon, recalls the influence the Irish missionary had on him – “he was like a real grandfather to me” – and his long service to the Korean faithful. Fr John Smyth became the parish...
Two Old Monks

Two Old Monks

Khaing Khaing Mon (Nicole Wong), a teacher and editor at HEC Magazine in Mandalay Archdiocesan Higher Education College pays tribute to Columban missionary Fr Neil Magill. As it is my day-off today, my thoughts wander. I start to miss two old monks. One is a Buddhist...