Laudato Si Week 2022

Laudato Si Week 2022

The seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter ‘Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home’ takes place on 24th May. Laudato Si Week is celebrated annually in appreciation of the 2015 Encyclical in which the Pope says, “The entire material universe speaks of...
Fr John McEvoy Celebrates Fifty in Fiji

Fr John McEvoy Celebrates Fifty in Fiji

“Do this in memory of me.” Following Christ’s command, on Easter Sunday, 2 April 1972, Bishop John McCormack of Meath ordained John McEvoy and his nine classmates into the priesthood as Columban missionary priests in Dalgan Park, recalls Fr Donal McIlraith. Later that...
Ecological Summer School 2022

Ecological Summer School 2022

An Tairseach and the Columban Ecological Institute Dalgan present ‘God’s Old Diaries – A Geological Exploration’ by John Feehan. Geology can be defined as the study of the early chapters in the story of Creation. This year’s Summer School at An Tairseach...
Reflection in March/April 2022 Far East Magazine

Reflection in March/April 2022 Far East Magazine

“Faith disturbs us and continually upsets the balance of our mental conceptions and our social structures. Bursting into a world that perpetually tends to close in upon itself, God brings it the possibility of a harmony that is certainly superior but is to be attained...
Fr Patrick (Paddy) Clarke

Fr Patrick (Paddy) Clarke

Patrick (‘Paddy’) Clarke was born in Dublin on 22nd March 1931. He was educated at Synge Street CBS and Belvedere College and came to Dalgan in 1948. He was ordained priest on 21st December 1954. In 1955, Paddy was appointed to post-graduate studies in Sociology at...