Columban Pentecost

Columban Pentecost

As the Church prepares for Pentecost on Sunday 28th May 2023, Fr Donal McIlraith considers the Columban Pentecost which has seen between one and two thousand priests, brothers and Lay Missionaries, like Peter, speaking foreign tongues and bringing the good news of the...
Kiribati President hosts state banquet for Fr Donal McIlraith

Kiribati President hosts state banquet for Fr Donal McIlraith

On Monday 16th January, the President of Kiribati, the Hon Taniti Mamau, hosted a banquet in honour of Columban missionary Fr Donal McIlraith. Fr McIlraith is from Macroom, Co Cork and has taught scripture at the Suva Seminary for the past 34 years. Over those years...
First Pacifican Columban Takes Charge in Fiji

First Pacifican Columban Takes Charge in Fiji

Fr Donal McIlraith reports on a major development in Columban leadership. On St Columban’s Day, 23rd November 2022, Fr Felisiano Fatu became Vice Director of the Columban Region of Oceania and became the first Pacifican leader in Fiji in 70 years. “You did not chose...