Fr Noel Kerins has been a Columban priest for over 60 years. He spoke to Fr Alo Connaughton about the changes he has seen during his time as a missionary in Peru. Q: You went to Peru in 1965 and have been there most of the years since. In brief, what are some of the...
The Columban Missionaries in Ireland have just introduced a free eNewletter to keep you informed about Columban mission updates, stories about the Columbans, and reflections. If you sign up you will receive this update directly to your email. All you have to do is...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly falls on 26th July, the Feast of SS Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. Fr Tim Mulroy recalls a Columban Missionary who began to learn a musical instrument at the tender age of 90! “Any plans for the celebration of...
In the July/August issue of the Far East magazine Sr Ann Gray explains how a replica of a 6th century bell has reinforced the bonds between the Columban Sisters and a school in Hong Kong. Fr Pat Colgan speaks to Fr Leo Gopal, a priest of the Diocese of Mytkyina, in...
Fr Frank Hoare appeals for solidarity and prayerful support for the families of the Nanuku Nine – a group of men who disappeared at the beginning of May on a fishing expedition in Fiji. One morning at the beginning of May, nine men ranging in age from 20 years to 57...
Columban Missionary Fr Alvaro Martinez reports on the recent honour awarded to the Director of the Columban Pastoral Centre at the US-Mexico border. Cristina Coronado received Annunciation House’s 'Voice of the Voiceless' award. In the heart of the US-Mexico border...
Columban Missionary Fr Tim Mulroy writes about a ten-week workshop at the Columban Mission Centre in Lima equipping migrant women with baking and cooking skills to help them find work. Could it be said that the reign of God is like a platter of various kinds of...
Becca Long spoke to Columban Missionary Fr Ed O’Connell and Columban co-worker Ellen Teague about Vocation for Justice, the Columban newsletter which has been promoting justice and highlighting injustice for four decades. If you’ve been a faithful reader of Vocation...
On many occasions I have recounted my vocational journey and how reading the novel, The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel, changed my life’s trajectory. However, what I have never related was the specific traits of St Bernadette Soubirous’ personality that awakened...
In the May/June 2026 issue of the Far East magazine, Columban Missionary Fr Tim Mulroy writes about a workshop at the Columban Mission Centre in Lima equipping migrant women with baking and cooking skills to help them find work. ‘Life on a Platter’ is both uplifting...