Martyrs Remembered at Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Martyrs Remembered at Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Hundreds of family members and relatives of deceased Columban Missionaries attended the yearly Cemetery Sunday Remembrance Mass and Blessing of the Graves in Dalgan on Pentecost Sunday. The celebrant was Fr David Kenneally, Regional Director of the Columbans in...
Up to 400 Attend Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Up to 400 Attend Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Up to 400 Columban relatives braved the rain and the cold to attend Cemetery Sunday on 9th June 2024 in Dalgan. Fr Jim Fleming from CastleIsland Co Kerry was the principal celebrant at the Mass, after which the graves of our Columban deceased were blessed. Fr Jim...
We Who Grieve

We Who Grieve

November is the month of the Holy Souls when we pray for our dear departed. We Columbans also pray for our deceased members at Cemetery Sunday Mass in June. We are joined at the cemetery in Dalgan Park by the families of those Columban Fathers who have died. After...
Over 400 relatives attend Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Over 400 relatives attend Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan

Over 400 relatives of deceased Columbans attended Cemetery Sunday in Dalgan Park on Sunday 11th June 2023. The Mass was celebrated by Fr Donal Hogan with Columbans in Ireland concelebrating. The Prayers of the Faithful were led by Ciaran Murray. His Columban uncle 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,...