Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

The Missionary Sisters of St Columban gathered in St Patrick’s Church, Wicklow on Sunday 29th September 2024 to mark the centenary of the establishment as a congregation. Bishop Donal Roche of the Archdiocese of Dublin presided at the Centenary Mass which was...
A Priest Forever

A Priest Forever

Fr Neil Collins recalls Columban martyr Fr Jack O’Brien who served as a chaplain during the D-Day landings in World War II and was subsequently killed during the Korean War. John P. O’Brien was born in Donamon, Co Roscommon on 1st December 1918. He wrote to Fr...
Thank you from the Columban Sisters

Thank you from the Columban Sisters

As the Columban Sisters open their centenary year, Congregational leader Sr Anne Carbon thanks all supporters and benefactors who have accompanied them over the past 100 years.
Columban Centenarian

Columban Centenarian

Sarah Mac Donald speaks to 101-year-old Sr Bríd Kenny about missionary life in Korea and her memories of co-founders of the Columban Sisters, Fr John Blowick and Mother Mary Patrick.  Sr Bríd Kenny from Coolmeen in Co Clare joined the Missionary Sisters of St Columban...