RTÉ Series on Irish Missionaries Wins Award

RTÉ Series on Irish Missionaries Wins Award

Scratch Films has won a Wilbur Award for its RTÉ documentary series ‘The Last Irish Missionaries’, earning international recognition for its portrayal of the lives, legacy and complexities of Ireland’s missionary tradition. In its citation, the judging panel described...
Climate Change Tightens Grip in Philippines

Climate Change Tightens Grip in Philippines

The Philippines has been battered by devastating storms in recent weeks. We endure around 20 powerful typhoons a year and occasionally experience earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, writes Columban Missionary Fr Shay Cullen.  Recently, in Liloan, Cebu, several...
Columbans Interviewed for Missionaries Documentary

Columbans Interviewed for Missionaries Documentary

Since St Columba and St Columbanus Irish missionaries have followed the example of our ‘saints and scholars’ in taking their faith to every corner of the known world. At the peak of the Irish missionary movement, in the 1960s, over 6,000 Irish Catholic missionaries...