Columbans featured on ‘Out & About’ radio programme

Columbans featured on ‘Out & About’ radio programme

Dublin City FM is currently broadcasting a series of programmes featuring interviews with Columbans living in Ireland. ‘Out & About’ is presented by Paul Wright on Thursdays at 1pm on the Dublin station. Last week’s show (21 January), this week’s show (28 Jan) and...
2nd Sunday of Advent: Cherish Life

2nd Sunday of Advent: Cherish Life

On the Second Sunday of Advent, the theme is cherishing life. In the chapel in Dalgan Park, Fr Cyril Lovett prayed that, “the Lord will grant us an ever greater sense of the wonderful mystery of his life-giving presence in the bits and pieces of our lives, that human...
Bishop Edward Galvin (1882-1956)

Bishop Edward Galvin (1882-1956)

In the week in which we celebrate our Foundation Day, Fr Cyril Lovett recalls the life of Bishop Edward Galvin, co-founder of the Missionary Society of St Columban. Edward Galvin, the eldest of nine children, was born in Newcestown, Co Cork, Ireland. He had his...
‘Murder in the Missions’ launched in Dalgan

‘Murder in the Missions’ launched in Dalgan

A new book telling the story of two Columban missionaries whose lives were radically changed by their ministry on the Filipino island of Mindanao has been praised as “timely”. At the launch of Murder in the Missions: A True Story in Dalgan on Sunday, the pioneering...
RTÉ’s Joe Little to launch new book on two Columbans

RTÉ’s Joe Little to launch new book on two Columbans

A new book about two Columban missionaries who did pioneering work building trust between Christians and Muslims in the Philippines, but paid a heavy price, will be launched on Thursday 18th July by RTÉ’s Joe Little. ‘Murder in the Missions’ by Jean Harrington is a...