“Those Crazy Columban Colliers”

“Those Crazy Columban Colliers”

If Columban Mission is a “mad thing to do”, as our co-founder Bishop Edward Galvin once said, then there can be none more mad – nor more inspiring – than the three members of the Collier family who joined the Society, writes Fr John Boles. “When his family heard about...
Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

The Missionary Sisters of St Columban gathered in St Patrick’s Church, Wicklow on Sunday 29th September 2024 to mark the centenary of the establishment as a congregation. Bishop Donal Roche of the Archdiocese of Dublin presided at the Centenary Mass which was...
Cemetery Sunday 2023

Cemetery Sunday 2023

Ten minutes walk from Dalgan’s front door, in the eastern corner of the grounds, is the Columban cemetery. Here more than 350 Irish Columbans, including our two co-founders, Bishop Edward Galvin (died February 1956) and Fr John Blowick (died June 1972), are buried,...
Praying Under an Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s Shadow

Praying Under an Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s Shadow

In Wuhan, central China, where I live, I frequently visit the Sisters of Our Lady of Hanyang, a diocesan congregation founded by Bishop Edward Galvin, co-founder of St Columbans Mission Society, writes Fr Dan Troy. Their convent is located right beside St...
Hong Kong through the lens of Fr Alvaro Martinez

Hong Kong through the lens of Fr Alvaro Martinez

A selection of photos taken by Columban missionary Fr Alvaro Martinez of Hong Kong, where he works for the Society’s General Council. Hong Kong has a unique place in the history of Columban Missionaries. In 1920, Fr John Blowick, the Society’s first Superior...