Columban Schools 2024 Competition Winners

Columban Schools 2024 Competition Winners

Winners have been announced in the schools media competition for young people run by the Columbans in Britain and Ireland. This year’s theme was ‘Biodiversity Matters.’ The announcement day – 21 March – is the UN’s International Day of Forests. Young...
Fr Aidan Larkin

Fr Aidan Larkin

Fr Aidan was born on 31 March 1946 in the Parish of Lissan, Cookstown, Co Tyrone. He was educated at Lissan PS and St Patrick’s College, Armagh. After Armagh he spent a year in Maynooth before leaving to complete his BA in UCD. Still feeling called to priesthood, he...
The Challenges to Family Today

The Challenges to Family Today

Ahead of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin and the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, Fr Shay Cullen reflects on the meaning of family and the challenges families face today. What is family to each one of us and how important is it to belong to a family? We all...
Columban Centenary Schools Journalism Competition Winner

Columban Centenary Schools Journalism Competition Winner

As part of the Columban Centenary celebrations, the Far East magazine invited students in Ireland aged between 15-18 to write an article on the topic ‘Migrants Are Our Neighbours’. Here is the winning article by Albina Haliti. Attention passengers. Flight 938Xh from...