May/June 2026 Issue of Far East Now Available!

May/June 2026 Issue of Far East Now Available!

In the May/June 2026 issue of the Far East magazine, Columban Missionary Fr Tim Mulroy writes about a workshop at the Columban Mission Centre in Lima equipping migrant women with baking and cooking skills to help them find work. ‘Life on a Platter’ is both uplifting...
Dalgan Welcomes its First Chinese Episcopal Delegation

Dalgan Welcomes its First Chinese Episcopal Delegation

History was made when three bishops from the Catholic Church in China visited Dalgan Park last week to honour the role the Columbans have played in the faith in China. It is the first Chinese episcopal delegation to visit Dalgan since the Society was founded in 1918....
Ecology Spaces: Laudato Si’ in China

Ecology Spaces: Laudato Si’ in China

Fr Dan Troy writes about Columban efforts to establish ecology spaces at retreat houses, pastoral centres and convents in China. Ecology workshops given in China in recent years by the Irish geologist and botanist, Dr John Feehan, placed an emphasis on combining...
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...
Thanksgiving Mass for Columban Jubilarians

Thanksgiving Mass for Columban Jubilarians

On the Feast of the Assumption, 15th August 2024, Columbans celebrating their jubilees gathered in Dalgan Park for a Mass of thanksgiving. The main celebrant was Fr Bernard McDermott, who was ordained 50 years ago this year and is currently based in Britiain. The...