Fr William Carrigan

Fr William Carrigan

Fr William (Billy) Carrigan was born on 18th July 1933 at Conahy, Co Kilkenny. He was educated at Clinstown NS and St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. He came to St Columban’s, Dalgan Park, Navan in September 1951. He was ordained priest on 22nd December 1957. In 1958 he...
Proclaiming Mission in a Language Not Your Own!

Proclaiming Mission in a Language Not Your Own!

Communicating in difficult new languages can result in some bloopers cautions 90-year-old Columban missionary, Fr Barry Cairns. Did St Francis Xavier have the gift of tongues? I think not! Yes, he could speak his native Basque, Spanish, Portuguese and French. He was a...
Let a Million Lenis Bloom

Let a Million Lenis Bloom

John Din, Columban Regional Coordinator for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in the Philippines, reflects on the outcome of the election and the campaign of misinformation waged against Leni Robredo. After decades of elaborate work to rebrand the Marcos name...
Reflection: May/June 2022 Far East magazine

Reflection: May/June 2022 Far East magazine

Giving Honour Every day in our lives we meet people of various ages from different backgrounds. Many of them we don’t know but some of them we get to know and interact with. Sometimes certain people, whether we know then personally or not, have an impact on our life....