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,...
The Wonders of Pollination and Pollinators

The Wonders of Pollination and Pollinators

Our upcoming Spring Day in Dalgan with Dr John Feehan will focus in a special way on the wonders of Pollination and Pollinators. Our day will focus on the chapters of the story that can be read in spring. We will explore the summer chapters in greater detail during...
Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Three significant events keep niggling at me as I reflect on life in recent months: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the presidential election in the Philippines, and the synodal process in the Church. There might be no obvious connection between these three but there...
An Autumn Day in Dalgan With Dr John Feehan

An Autumn Day in Dalgan With Dr John Feehan

During our Autumn Day 2022 we will explore again some of the wonders of this season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. We will look again with attentive eyes at leaf fall and autumn colour, and the production of fruits and seeds for next year’s growth. But this year we...
An Autumn Day in Dalgan

An Autumn Day in Dalgan

‘An Autumn Day in Dalgan with John Feehan’ was hosted by the Columban Ecological Institute on Saturday 6th of November 2021, writes Elizabeth McArdle.   Due to Covid restrictions, the day was restricted to Columbans only. The flyer promoted the day as: “A day to...