First Columban Mission to China 1920

First Columban Mission to China 1920

One hundred years ago the first Columbans arrived in China. Fr Neil Collins recalls the challenges they faced in places like Hanyang – “a city of no Catholics”. “Didn’t this luggage belong to the Irish missionaries to China?” asked a dock worker in...
Address to Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

Address to Meath Archaeological and Historical Society

The Meath Archaeological & Historical Society invited Fr Neil Collins to address them to mark the Society’s Centenary. On Sunday 18 November, Fr Collins gave the following lecture titled: ‘The Columban Odyssey from Dalgan to the Far East –...