Retirement is the Golden Era of Life

Retirement is the Golden Era of Life

Following a long period in recovery after hip surgery, I finally succumbed to medical advice to formally retire to the Columban Nursing Home in Dalgan, writes Columban Missionary Fr Michael O’Loughlin. Prior to that I had been enjoying helping out in my local...
We Who Grieve

We Who Grieve

November is the month of the Holy Souls when we pray for our dear departed. We Columbans also pray for our deceased members at Cemetery Sunday Mass in June. We are joined at the cemetery in Dalgan Park by the families of those Columban Fathers who have died. After...
We Who Grieve

We Who Grieve

November is the month of the Holy Souls writes Columban missionary Fr Michael O’Loughlin.   Every year in the month of June a Memorial Mass is celebrated in Dalgan Park on Cemetery Sunday for deceased members of the Columban Fathers. Families of those who have died...
Missing Fr Leo Clarke

Missing Fr Leo Clarke

A tribute to the recently deceased Columban missionary, Fr Leo Clarke, which was published in the Columban missionary magazine in South Korea. From my childhood up to when I was a young man our country was dirt poor. I grew up seeking to fill my stomach with potatoes,...