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...
Columban listed among UCD’s most exceptional alumni

Columban listed among UCD’s most exceptional alumni

Columban missionary Fr Michael Riordan has been listed among 20 exceptional alumni of UCD’s School of Veterinary Medicine to mark the anniversary of the faculty’s move to the Veterinary Sciences Centre on UCD’s Belfield campus. The alumni selected are listed on a wall...
Tributes to Fr PJ on the first anniversary of his death

Tributes to Fr PJ on the first anniversary of his death

Fr PJ McGlinchey was remembered at midday Mass on the 23rd of April in Geumak parish in Jeju. The liturgy was followed by prayers at his grave and later that night the Eucharist was celebrated by Bishop Kang in the Trinity Church. The homily was preached by Fr Simon...
A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

Fr Mike O’Loughlin pays a personal tribute to the late Fr PJ McGlinchey who died earlier this year. The recent death of PJ McGlinchey brought back a memory of a chance meeting I had with him late one night in the Columban house in Seoul, Korea. I spied him sitting in...