Risking All for Christ

Risking All for Christ

As the Columban Sisters open their centenary year, Sarah Mac Donald speaks to Congregational Leader Sr Anne Carbon about her life as a missionary and the challenges ahead. “To be a Columban you need to be a risk-taker,” Sr Anne Carbon states matter-of-factly....
Thank you from the Columban Sisters

Thank you from the Columban Sisters

As the Columban Sisters open their centenary year, Congregational leader Sr Anne Carbon thanks all supporters and benefactors who have accompanied them over the past 100 years.
Wishing You Many Blessings for the New Year!

Wishing You Many Blessings for the New Year!

As I look back at the year just ended I do so with mixed feelings. The violence of recent months and the loss of life in the Israel-Gaza conflict and the ongoing war in Ukraine fill me with sadness. I can only pray that the guns of war will fall silent, and the voices...
Columban Centenarian

Columban Centenarian

Sarah Mac Donald speaks to 101-year-old Sr Bríd Kenny about missionary life in Korea and her memories of co-founders of the Columban Sisters, Fr John Blowick and Mother Mary Patrick.  Sr Bríd Kenny from Coolmeen in Co Clare joined the Missionary Sisters of St Columban...
Columban Sisters Visit Dalgan

Columban Sisters Visit Dalgan

Fr Pat Raleigh was one of the Columban Fathers who welcomed 20 Columban Sisters from Magheramore to Dalgan on Tuesday, 18 July 2023. He reports on a day of welcome and shared memories. The rainy weather did not dampen the spirits. The 20 Columban Sisters from...