It was a great blessing to have so many present for Cemetery Sunday on 12th June 2022, writes Fr Pat Raleigh. After a lapse of three years, due to COVID, it was a pleasure to gather together on Sunday at the Community Cemetery in Dalgan to give thanks to God for...
What in the world was the famous Korean boy band BTS doing in the White House press room, talking to the world media and standing behind White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly gay black woman to hold the job wonders Fr Shay Cullen? These...
We invite relatives of deceased Columbans to join us in Dalgan Park, Navan on 12 June 2022 for Cemetery Sunday. Mass will be celebrated in the cemetery at 3pm. Please let us know how many family members will attend and the name of your Columban relative by emailing...
Migrant workers in Britain paid warm tributes to Columban Father Aodh O’Halpin at a Mass they organised for him in London on 28 May, writes Columban co-worker Ellen Teague. Fr Aodh died on 2 April 2022 at the age of 88 in Ireland after illness forced him to move...
‘Theology in a Conversation About Hope’ was the title of Dr Cornelius Casey’s lecture to mark the tenth anniversary of the Loyola Institute at Trinity College Dublin. In his talk, the Director of the Loyola Institute discussed Charles Péguy’s theology of the...
Fr Noel O'Neill writes about the impact COVID-19 restrictions have had on the intellectually disabled in South Korea. Due to the spread of the Omicrom variant, care centres like Emmaus were ordered to shut their doors in order to try to stem the spread of the...
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...
“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...
It was just before midday on Holy Thursday when the Archbishop called to say he would be around shortly to say farewell to Fr JJ. Some time later, he arrived, writes Fr Donal McIllraith. The Archbishop of Suva is Dr Peter Loy Chong and he was accompanied by his...
Submission from Columban Missionaries in Ireland Conscious of our need to be open to the guiding Spirit, we listened in our meetings as each of us shared some experiences of lived synodality, and also some of the things that had hindered it, in our lives and ...