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....
Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs in Mission

Proverbs are the ancient wisdom of a country’s culture expressed in pithy sentences – and often with humour. Proverbs provide missionaries with an insight into how their adopted people think and act, writes Columban missionary Fr Barry Cairns. To an aged person (I am...
The Story of Easter

The Story of Easter

Easter is suffering as Jesus did and making Him alive, resurrected in your actions, and bringing goodness so as to overcome evil, writes Columban missionary Fr Shay Cullen. What is it all about, we may ask. For those true friends of Jesus of Nazareth who believe that...