Irish Columban, Fr Patrick Cunningham, who is based in South Korea, explains how activities related to military spending impact on the environment and on the well-being of vulnerable communities living near sensitive locations and sitting on precious resources. The...
Columban co-workers Michael O’Sullivan and Claire Carey have expressed their delight with the success of this year’s Festival of Culture and Faiths which was held in a Dublin public park recently. The Measc festival is hosted Dublin City Interfaith Forum and Dublin...
On 16 July 2019, heavy rain and wind caused by Typhoon Falcon devastated Maranding and neighbouring towns in Lanao del Norte on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Maranding is a former parish of the Columban missionaries. Houses and crops, including corn, coconut...
Join Dr John Feehan on Saturday 7th September 2019 from 9.30am – 4pm at the Columban Ecological Institute, St Columban's, Navan, Co Meath for 'An Autumn Day in Dalgan'. ‘Where have all the flowers gone? The wonderful – and unseen – world of seeds, berries and fruits.’...
Former Attorney General and president of the High Court, Harry Whelehan, launched ‘Murder in the Missions’ in Butlerstown parish, Co Waterford last weekend. A friend of Fr Rufus Halley's from their schooldays together in Glenstal Abbey in Co Limerick, Harry Whelehan...
The Society Leader of the Missionary Society of St Columban, Fr Tim Mulroy, has written the following message in relation to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong, where the Society's headquarters are based. Dear Friends, Greetings from Hong Kong where we are...
The vision of Columbans Fr Rufus Halley and Fr Des Hartford was to build peace based on “fairness, goodness, justice and respect for everybody regardless of who they are” the families of the two missionaries as well as parishioners of Butlerstown parish in Co...
An exhibition of photographs showing stunning images from the Turas Columbanus/Columban Way pilgrim route will open in Dalgan on Sunday as part of National Heritage Week 2019. The photo display shows scenes from Tara, Bective, Bunclody and Bangor in Ireland as well as...
This reflection by Fr Jim Mulroney is the tenth in a series of Columban articles published in preparation for the Synod on Amazonia at the Vatican in October 2019. High on a mountain in Australia's southern island-state of Tasmania, an enthusiastic young guide told us...
Fr Bobby Gilmore responds to the rise in racist nativism and President Trump's recent attack on four congresswomen telling them to "go back to where they came from". "Home is a place where, when you go there, they have to let you in. Something you somehow haven’t to...