Meet a Columban – Fr Bernard McDermott

Meet a Columban – Fr Bernard McDermott

by | Dec 8, 2021 | Videos

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

by | Mar 24, 2021 | Features

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...
What the destruction of biodiversity means: Fr Sean McDonagh

What the destruction of biodiversity means: Fr Sean McDonagh

by | Aug 20, 2020 | News

It is clear today that the destruction of biodiversity is having enormous negative impacts both on the planet and on human wellbeing. As humans continue to colonise and degrade many ecosystems on earth, this can lead to an increase in bats, rats and other animals...
Fr Seamus O’Connor

Fr Seamus O’Connor

by | Mar 30, 2020 | Gone but not forgotten

Seamus O’Connor was born in Tullamore on the 25 February1926. He was educated in St Brigid’s NS and St Finian’s, Mullingar and joined the Columbans in Navan in 1944. He was ordained on 21 December 1950 and was part of the first Columban group assigned to Fiji. He...
Fr John Silvester McGrath

Fr John Silvester McGrath

by | Jun 17, 2019 | Gone but not forgotten

John Silvester McGrath was born on 31 December 1930 at Carna, Connemara, Co Galway. He was educated at Carna NS, Bangor Erris NS, Charlestown NS, Ballymore NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1949 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1955....