Dan’s ‘Mission Sending’ Ceremony in Dalgan

Dan’s ‘Mission Sending’ Ceremony in Dalgan

by | Jul 8, 2026 | News

The Society’s Invitation to Mission (SIM) programme continues to provide a valuable opportunity for people to experience missionary life and service in an overseas context, writes Fr Padraig O’Donovan. We were pleased to welcome a new participant to the...
Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Willliam Martin

Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Willliam Martin

by | Jun 17, 2026 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr Bernard (‘Barney’) Martin was born in Ballymena, Co Antrim on 18th April 1931. He is an older brother of Fr Richard Martin and a nephew of the late Fr Bernard O’Neill. He was educated in Crescent Primary School Limerick, Ballymena PES and St Malachy’s College,...
Fr John Vincent McLaughlin

Fr John Vincent McLaughlin

by | Feb 25, 2026 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr John Vincent McLaughlin was born in Belfast, Co Antrim on 19th July 1938. He was educated at Moville NS, Co Donegal, at Blackrock College, Co Dublin, at Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, Dublin, at National University, Dublin and at Maynooth College, Co Kildare. He...
Fr Michael Kevin O’Boyle

Fr Michael Kevin O’Boyle

by | Feb 11, 2026 | Gone but not forgotten

Michael Kevin O’Boyle was born in Quilty, Co Clare on 20th May 1935. He was educated at Quilty NS and at St Flannan’s College, Ennis, Co Clare. He entered Dalgan in September 1953 was ordained priest on 21st December 1959. He was assigned to Chile and, after language...
Fr John Colgan

Fr John Colgan

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Gone but not forgotten

Fr John Colgan was born in Carrickmore, Co Tyrone on 13 September 1936. He was educated in St Colmcille’s NS Carrickmore and CBS Omagh. He came to Dalgan in September 1954, and was sent as an exchange student to the Columban Seminary in Milton, MA, USA from 1957 to...