Korean Prayer for Reunification

Korean Prayer for Reunification

“You have the wrong number. This is the North Korean embassy.” It was sometime in 1999 when I did my First Missionary Assignment (FMA) in Peru, recalls Fr Thomas Seungwon Nam, a South Korean Columban missionary. I had to renew my passport. For the first time in my...
The Martyrdom of Fr Tony Collier

The Martyrdom of Fr Tony Collier

To mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Columban martyr Fr Tony Collier, we publish here the sworn account of his catechist Gabriel Kim of the last days of Fr Tony. The account outlines the circumstances of his death. Gabriel Kim himself was shot while tied to Fr...
Fr Patrick Aloysius O’Conor

Fr Patrick Aloysius O’Conor

Fr Patrick (‘Pat’) O’Conor was born on 14 January 1935 in Wexford. He was educated at Christ the King NS, Cork, St Nessan’s, and CBS Sullivan’s Quay, Cork. He came to Dalgan in 1952 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1958. He was assigned to Korea and spent his...
“An extraordinary story that evolved over 100 years”

“An extraordinary story that evolved over 100 years”

Bishop Michael Smith, the retired bishop of Meath, paid tribute to the “immense giving” of so many Columbans over the Society’s 100 years of mission. In his homily on St Columban’s Day in Dalgan Park, Bishop Smith said the Missionary Society of St Columban had an...