A new documentary on the homeless and housing crisis in Ireland by Columban Fr Malachy Smyth and Paul Harney of ‘Thats That’ production company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASMuNMcK9F8&fbclid=IwAR2DqQXRNh8vm8VTrk4i6k1nDIOXPFHj8XCa9FilkhDuUtvs9GbofxmgD5M
Jerry Lohera is a Filipino. He joined the Columban formation programme in 2012 and has just completed his two-year First Mission Assignment (FMA) in Pakistan. The experience was both "enriching" and "affirming" and has given him a different lens on how he relates...
In recent years a growing number of people have come to Ireland to start new lives. This short fascinating documentary talks to Syrians who fled the war about their lives in Syria before the war. It also talks to those helping them - people like Calvin James of...
Born on St Columban's day and baptised by a Columban missionary, Fr John Boles talks about his calling to missionary priesthood and his work in Peru and Chile for 25 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZzFxh3NKXc
Kevin Sheerin is a Columban lay missionary from Ireland and served in Chile since 2011. He was appointed as a member of Lay Missionary Central Leadership Team in Hong Kong in 2018. https://youtu.be/2dIiLR18728
Columban missionary Fr Eamon Sheridan talks about a life-giving support programme called 'Rebirth' in Myanmar's Kachin State which offers those with an addiction a path to recovery. https://youtu.be/tqmSUW6T448 If you would like to support Fr Eamon's work, please...
The winning video in the 2019 Columban Schools Journalism Competition was produced by Elizabeth Scanlan, a student of Christ the King Girls’ Secondary School, South Douglas Road, Cork City. The judges were impressed with the creative narrative she used and the...
Columban Fr Neil Magill founded the Mandalay Archdiocesan Higher Education Centre in Myanmar. The Centre provides high quality third level education to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim is to help them achieve their potential and become leaders in...
An interview with Fr Donal O'Keeffe in which he talks about his reasons for joining the Columbans, his training in Dalgan and his life as a missionary in Korea.
Archbishop Michael Neary led the liturgy in the parish of Belcarra on 28 October 2018 at a Mass to honour Fr John Blowick, co-founder of the Missionary Society of St Columban, as well as the many Columban missionaries who hailed from the Archdiocese of Tuam. ...