Columban Director for Oceania Visits Dalgan

Columban Director for Oceania Visits Dalgan

Fr Pat Raleigh writes about the recent visit of Fr Pat McInerney, the Columban Regional Director for Oceania, to Dalgan. It is always a pleasure to welcome people like Fr Pat McInerney, he certainly enriched us with his presence and visit. A native of Adelaide in...
Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray

Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray

Fr Brendan Joseph Patrick Murray was born on 22nd September 1932 at Louville, Ahascragh, Co Galway. He was educated at Ahascragh NS and St Joseph’s College, Garbally, Ballinasloe. Brendan came to Dalgan in September 1950 and was an exchange student in the USA from...
Migrant Journeys

Migrant Journeys

On a recent visit to South America, Fr Alo Connaughton spoke to two men about their experiences as migrants. In Peru, Columban missionary Fr Nguyen Xuan Tien shared about his journey from his home in Vietnam to Australia where he joined the Columbans. In Chile,...
Meet a Columban – Fr Bernard McDermott

Meet a Columban – Fr Bernard McDermott

Fr Jim Mulroney speaks to Columban Fr Bernard McDermott from Britain who has worked as a missionary in the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia and the UK. Recalling his posting to the Philippines after ordination, he says it was a very positive and transformative...
A Syrian-born Columban missionary in China

A Syrian-born Columban missionary in China

Fr Dan Troy recalls a fascinating article in the Far East magazine in 1934 by Syrian-born Fr Peter Gabriel, a Columban missionary who lived in China in the 1930s. As the spring rain poured down on Wuhan during the first week of February I was quite happy to delay my...