‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven’ (Ecclesiastes 3:1) We human beings like to mark special moments in time – a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a golden jubilee, a centenary. This year as we, Columban Sisters, mark 100 years of...
Jemuel’s Story

Jemuel’s Story

Fr Vincent Busch recounts how a young Subanen man managed to escape with his life but not without injury from Jihadists in Mindanao. Thanks to the Columbans he is now recovered and a skilled Subanen Crafter. The Subanens are an indigenous people whose ancestral...
Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

The Missionary Sisters of St Columban gathered in St Patrick’s Church, Wicklow on Sunday 29th September 2024 to mark the centenary of the establishment as a congregation. Bishop Donal Roche of the Archdiocese of Dublin presided at the Centenary Mass which was...
Faith Leaders Visit Dalgan After Dublin Seminar

Faith Leaders Visit Dalgan After Dublin Seminar

Columban missionary, Fr Pat Colgan, who is a member of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum, writes about the recent gathering in Dublin which brought together representatives of the major faiths in Ireland and Britain and concluded with a visit to Dalgan. On 24th...
Changing the Narrative

Changing the Narrative

World Day of Migrants and Refugees is Sunday 29th September 2024. Nathalie Marytsch has been a Columban Lay Missionary in Birmingham for more than twenty years. The call to mission has seen her accompanying refugees and diverse communities of people newly arrived in...