Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Columbans!

Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Columbans!

Quite some time ago, I came across a quotation from Saint Patrick, and since then I use it in the confessional whenever a penitent struggles and worries about sins committed in the past and already sacramentally confessed, writes Fr Tom Cusack. When Saint Patrick’s...
New Church Nears Completion in China

New Church Nears Completion in China

With a population of 200,000 people, Tianmen seems an appropriate place for the construction of a new church as the name literally means ‘Gate of Heaven’, writes Columban missionary Fr Dan Troy. As Fr Joseph Wang pointed to the bell towers of the new...
Fr Michael O’Farrell

Fr Michael O’Farrell

Michael Augustine O’Farrell was born 14th July 1938 at Lismore, Co Waterford. He was educated at Presentation Convent, Lismore, CBS Lismore and St Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe. He came to Dalgan in 1956 and was ordained priest in 21 December 1962. In March 1963 he...
Winners of Columban Schools Competition on Peace

Winners of Columban Schools Competition on Peace

Winners have been announced in 2023 Schools Media Competition for young people on the subject ‘Building Peaceful Futures’ run by the Columbans in Ireland and Britain. Young people aged 13-18 years were asked to produce an article or image that demonstrated an...
Ba: It Was Hard To Say Goodbye After 70 Years

Ba: It Was Hard To Say Goodbye After 70 Years

Fr John McEvoy reports on the three farewell ceremonies held in Ba parish for the Columban missionaries as they leave Christ the King after 70 years of service. At the end of 1952 and the beginning of 1953 – 70 years ago – the Columbans took over the...