Archbishop welcomes Extraordinary Month of Mission

Archbishop welcomes Extraordinary Month of Mission

Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly has welcomed the Extraordinary Month of Mission which will be celebrated this October. Pope Francis announced October 2019 as an Extraordinary Month of Mission to mark the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter Maximum...
Family of Fr James Fitzpatrick gather to remember his mission

Family of Fr James Fitzpatrick gather to remember his mission

Fr Neil Collins recalls a pioneering Columban missionary in Burma. Fr James Fitzpatrick, born in Ballynahinch, Co Down on 11 December 1913, died in Burma (Myanmar) on 22 May 1969. Fifty years later twelve members of his family gathered for Mass in Dalgan and...
“Our missionary call is rooted in baptism”

“Our missionary call is rooted in baptism”

A message from our regional director, Fr Raymond Husband, published in the January/February 2019 issue of the Far East magazine. As we begin a New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers of the Far East, our benefactors and friends a Happy...
At Christmas we are drawn to reflect on our ‘home’

At Christmas we are drawn to reflect on our ‘home’

Every human heart yearns to belong, writes Sr Anne Ryan in the Christmas editorial of the Far East magazine. At Christmastime we are drawn to reflect on our place of belonging, our ‘home’. This sense of being drawn to home may be part of our nature, our cultural...
Navan Civic Reception honours contribution of Columbans

Navan Civic Reception honours contribution of Columbans

A civic reception was hosted by the Mayor of Navan, Cllr Jim Holloway, along with members of Navan Municipal District and Meath County Council for the Missionary Society of St Columban, in its centenary year, to formally acknowledge the Columbans’ contribution...