Columban Families Gather for Cemetery Sunday

Columban Families Gather for Cemetery Sunday

Over 400 family members and relatives of deceased Columban missionaries travelled to St Columban’s, Dalgan last Sunday for the annual Cemetery Sunday Mass gathering and the blessing of the graves. Due to the inclement weather, mass was celebrated inside in the college...
Cardinal Coutts and Bishop Nulty Visit Dalgan

Cardinal Coutts and Bishop Nulty Visit Dalgan

Two high-ranking prelates visited Dalgan this week as the Society in Ireland and worldwide celebrated the Feast of St Columbanus. On Monday, 24th November the Columbans in Dalgan gathered in the College Chapel to celebrate the Feast of St Columban. Due to the fact...
President of Fiji Thanks Columbans During Dalgan Visit

President of Fiji Thanks Columbans During Dalgan Visit

St Columban’s, Dalgan Park in Navan is no stranger to visitors and dignitaries from different parts of the world, especially from countries where Columbans missionaries worked, writes Fr John McEvoy. Ambassadors, dignitaries and bishops from these countries drop in on...
New Memorial Honours Columbans Who Died a Violent Death

New Memorial Honours Columbans Who Died a Violent Death

Columbans and relatives gathered in the cemetery in Dalgan on Sunday 27th of September for the blessing of a new Memorial dedicated to those Columbans who died violent deaths while on mission, writes Fr Ray Husband. The Memorial was in the pipeline for many years so...
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....