Tuam Herald Features Martyr Fr Frank Canavan

Tuam Herald Features Martyr Fr Frank Canavan

The Tuam Herald marked the 75th anniversary of the death of Columban Missionary Fr Frank Canavan on 6th December with a feature highlighting his life and tragic death during the Korean War. The article was written by historian Mairéad O’Brien who wrote a number of...
November Far East Focuses on St Columbanus

November Far East Focuses on St Columbanus

The November issue of the Far East magazine has a number of features relating to St Columbanus, as well as articles on pilgrimage, remembering our beloved dead, and a sociological study of the Irish missionary diaspora. From just €10 for a digital subscription and €20...
Far East Magazine Focuses on Season of Creation

Far East Magazine Focuses on Season of Creation

The September/October issue of the Far East has a special focus on the Season of Creation (1st September – 4th October). In this issue Fr Alvaro Martinez writes about water scarcity caused by large monoculture plantations in southern Chile and how he has helped native...
Columbans Interviewed for Missionaries Documentary

Columbans Interviewed for Missionaries Documentary

Since St Columba and St Columbanus Irish missionaries have followed the example of our ‘saints and scholars’ in taking their faith to every corner of the known world. At the peak of the Irish missionary movement, in the 1960s, over 6,000 Irish Catholic missionaries...
May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

The May/June 2025 issue of the Far East is now available both in print and digital editions. There is a range of stories from our mission projects including a piece by Fr Dan Troy about Columban efforts to establish ecology spaces at retreat houses, pastoral centres...