Columbans Mark UN World Refugee Day in Navan

Columbans Mark UN World Refugee Day in Navan

Fr Pat Colgan reports on an event organised by Cultúr Migrant Centre, a group which the Columbans have been supporting for many years, for World Refugee Day. “Becoming a refugee is never a choice. But how we respond is..” (António Guterres, UN Secretary-General) Each...
May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

May/June 2025 Issue of the Far East Magazine

The May/June 2025 issue of the Far East is now available both in print and digital editions. There is a range of stories from our mission projects including a piece by Fr Dan Troy about Columban efforts to establish ecology spaces at retreat houses, pastoral centres...
Frs Pat and Kevin Present Prizes to St Louis Ballymena Winners

Frs Pat and Kevin Present Prizes to St Louis Ballymena Winners

On Good Friday (18th April 2025), Columban Missionaries Frs Kevin McHugh and Pat Colgan paid a visit to St Louis’ Grammar School in Ballymena to present prizes to three winners in this year’s Columban Schools Media competition, writes Fr Pat Colgan. The theme of...
Dalgan Hosts AGM of Turas Columbanus

Dalgan Hosts AGM of Turas Columbanus

The first newsletter of the Via Columbani Partnership has just been launched summarising some highlights of 2024 and some of the projects for 2025 across the communities in Europe that celebrate the legacy of Saints Columbanus and Gall. The mission of the Via...
Columban Outreach to St Columban Schools

Columban Outreach to St Columban Schools

Columban Missionary Fr Pat Colgan has been promoting St Columban and the Columban Missionaries in schools named after our patron. The recent participation of the ‘Coro Gerberto’ Male Choir from Bobbio (Italy), where St Columban died, in the 2025 Bangor International...