In his blog, Fr Hugh MacMahon of Aitece Ireland ponders the fraught relationship between Communist China and Christianity. Talking recently with some Chinese in their late-thirties, I should not have been surprised to hear that they had no record of their baptism,...
Ahead of World Day of Prayer For Vocations (Sunday 3 May 2020) Columban missionary Fr Denis Carter has written this reflection on how the Christian vocation is a call to live out a particular spirituality. It is a way of life guided and empowered by the Spirit of...
Fr Pat Raleigh spent Easter in Pakistan. He writes from Mirpurkhas about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects on Holy Saturday as a time to sit quietly with the paradoxes of life. It is Holy Saturday here in Pakistan. It is very warm. In a few hours we...
There is a powerful force for good or evil that is present everywhere. You can’t see it, you can’t feel or hear it, yet it is in your home, in the school, the office and almost everywhere. It is the wi-fi signal that connects anybody and everybody to the internet...
On the journey of life, we are blessed to meet people who really influence us. We are able to genuinely say that they have made a difference. One such person for me was Columban Sister, Marie Galvin, whom we laid to rest on Monday 20th January 2020 at the Sisters’...
In the January/February 2020 Editorial of the Far East magazine, Fr Raymond Husband, Regional Director of the Columbans in Ireland, highlights some significant anniversaries this year of Columban missionaries who gave their lives for the Gospel and love of the...
At the Removal Prayer Service for Columban missionary Fr David Wall on Monday 28th October 2019, Fr Pat Raleigh gave the following address. The recent months here in Dalgan, have not been easy with so many deaths, three in the past week alone, Frank Mannion, Colm...
Fr Robert Mosher SSC is a Columban priest based at the Columban Mission Centre in El Paso in the US. People were shopping, here in El Paso, getting ready to send their children back to school and help them get the education that provides a level of economic...
Fr Pat Raleigh delivered the following homily at the funeral Mass for Fr Donal O’Dea at St Columban’s, Dalgan Park, Navan on 29 July 2019. Each one of us gathered here this morning, in this lovely Chapel where Donal was ordained, will bring our own memories of him....
A tribute to the recently deceased Columban missionary, Fr Leo Clarke, which was published in the Columban missionary magazine in South Korea. From my childhood up to when I was a young man our country was dirt poor. I grew up seeking to fill my stomach with...