Subanen Christmas cards are on sale!

Subanen Christmas cards are on sale!

We are pleased to inform supporters that the Christmas cards created by the indigenous Subanen community in the Philippines, long renowned for their crafting traditions, are once again available to buy. By purchasing these cards you are showing your support of the...
Opening hours of the grounds at Dalgan Park

Opening hours of the grounds at Dalgan Park

The grounds of Dalgan Park are currently open to the public between 10am and 8pm daily. Situated three miles south of Navan on five acres of parklands and woods, Dalgan Park is the home of the Missionary Society of St Columban in Ireland. The Columban Fathers built...
Three Important Hallmarks

Three Important Hallmarks

Although all Columbans may not agree with me, I think our life as Columbans has three important hallmarks. Community The first of these is our community life; despite living quite separately, we are a brotherhood. Many of us have lived alone in isolated places for...
From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You!

From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You!

“Why would people so far away care so much for us?” one person asked Fr Eamon Sheridan when he told people at the Rebirth Rehabilitation Centre in Myanmar’s Kachin State that readers of the Far East had donated enough money to finish the building of the...
New Year’s Message from Fr Raymond Husband

New Year’s Message from Fr Raymond Husband

In the January/February issue of the Far East magazine, the regional director of the Columbans in Ireland, Fr Raymond Husband, writes in the Editorial: Over the next two years we will hear a lot about synodality in our churches, parishes and in the Catholic media. The...