Fr Richard O’Sullivan

Fr Richard O’Sullivan

Fr Richard (Dick) O’Sullivan was born at Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry on 17 February 1936. He was educated at Kilgarvan Boys School and at St Brendan’s College, Killarney, Co Kerry. He came to Dalgan in September 1953 and was ordained priest on 21 December 1959. He was...
Sunday in the Rain

Sunday in the Rain

Cancelling Masses and sacramental services in favour of direct aid to flood evacuees – is this the ‘new normal’ for a priest on Sundays in the Pacific, asks Columban missionary Fr Pat Colgan. Heavy rain began in Ba on the night of 4-5 February. It continued...
Fr Martin Koroiciri is on mission in Chile

Fr Martin Koroiciri is on mission in Chile

Fr Martin Koroiciri was ordained a priest at Suva Cathedral on St Columban’s Day in November 2018. Born in Suva, (Fiji) Fr Martin spent his childhood in the Columban parish of Labasa. After school he worked for a computer company. He graduated in November 2018...
A Historic First

A Historic First

Francis Xavier La Aung Nbwi and Peter Kyaw Zaw (pronounced Cho-zo) are the first Myanmar seminarians to come through the Columban seminary system, writes Fr Donal McIlraith. They both grew up in the Kachin area of Myanmar, an area evangelised by the Columbans from the...
Missionaries are Human

Missionaries are Human

Fr Frank Hoare recalls the arrival of the first Columban missionaries in Fiji 70 years ago this month and highlights some of the challenges missionaries faced in adapting to a new culture. Thirteen young Columban priests arrived in a hot, humid, and hurricane-ravaged...