Columban Priorities Chime with Theme of Cardinal’s Address

Columban Priorities Chime with Theme of Cardinal’s Address

Columban priorities adopted at the General Assembly in Peru in 2024 were at the heart of a key address by Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille to the Congress of the European Society for Catholic Theology at Trinity College Dublin in August, organised by the Loyola...
Three Columban Seminarians Appointed to Pakistan

Three Columban Seminarians Appointed to Pakistan

Three Columban seminarians have been appointed to Pakistan for their First Missionary Experience (FMA). They will live there for two years from 1 August 2024 – 31 May 2026. The seminarians are from the Philippines, Myanmar and Korea, according to Fr Liam O’Callaghan,...
Josh’s Invitation to Mission

Josh’s Invitation to Mission

Last summer Josh Egan from Co Tipperary took part in the Society’s Invitation to Mission programme and travelled to Chile to learn about Columban mission there. He writes about some stand-out moments during his time there. I am currently a full-time student studying...
Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

World Mission Sunday 22nd October 2023 “A life unlike your own can be your teacher” – St Columban At this time when so many communities in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere around the world are convulsed by conflict, diversity is often seen as a challenge to be...