Two Seminarians Renew their Membership in Myanmar

Two Seminarians Renew their Membership in Myanmar

Two Columban seminarians, Kyaw Zaw and Francis Xavier Nbwi La Aung, recently renewed their temporary membership of the Missionary Society of St Columban. This is their final temporary renewal before they hopefully will make their permanent oath on ordination next...
Rinneadh Feoil den Bhriathar / The Word became Flesh

Rinneadh Feoil den Bhriathar / The Word became Flesh

Bhí mé sa bhaile i mBaile Átha Cliath faoi Nollaig 2001, mé ag obair sa Bhreatain ag an am. Chonaic mé clár teilifíse faoi bhanaltraí ó Na Filipíní ag obair in in Éirinn ar RTÉ a chuaigh i bhfeidhm go mór orm. Cuireadh agallamh ar bhanaltra óg ó Mindanao – oileán i...
A Christmas poem by Fr Cyril Lovett

A Christmas poem by Fr Cyril Lovett

Captivated by an Infant’s Gaze In the old days there was a myth that new-born babies could not see for some time after birth. Now we know better: within hours of being born a tiny child is focusing its eyes above all on its mother. This helpless, vulnerable baby is...
Columban Outreach to Pakistan Flood Victims: December Update

Columban Outreach to Pakistan Flood Victims: December Update

One of the main issues for poor families in rural areas of Sindh province in Pakistan, who have lost livestock and crops, is food security, writes Fr Liam O’Callaghan. In some of the worst affected areas they have been unable to plant crops for the coming season as...
The Christmas Tree and St Columban: Plant for the Earth!

The Christmas Tree and St Columban: Plant for the Earth!

Below, Jacques Prudhon, President of the Association of Les Amis de St Colomban, based in the French city of Luxeuil les Bains, where St Columban founded a monastery in 590AD, retells a local Christmas tale about the Christmas tree and St Columban. The current...