Nanfeng and the Columbans

Nanfeng and the Columbans

Fr Dan Troy writes about Nanfeng, a small corner of China that is forever Columban, where three of our missionaries worked in the parish and are now featured in the parish church’s stained glass windows.  Two years ago, as restrictions around Covid-19 were being...
Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

The Missionary Society of St Columban’s Annual Report for 2022-23 has just been published. Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy writes: As I leafed through this Annual Report and reflected on Columban mission during this past year, I was struck by the multiple cords of...
Cross Cultural Mission from the Windy City to Fiji

Cross Cultural Mission from the Windy City to Fiji

Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy, reflects on his recent visit to Holy Family Parish in Fiji. Even though it was my first time to visit to Fiji, my short stay in Holy Family Parish in Labasa felt like a homecoming! Situated among the sugarcane plantations, I arrived at...
Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday

Some months ago, a migrant friend here in Hong Kong texted me with the request that the Columbans hold her husband’s ashes in our chapel until she could bring them back to his home country for burial in the family plot. I was surprised that she did not want to keep...
Korean Bishop Thanks Columbans for Dedicated Service

Korean Bishop Thanks Columbans for Dedicated Service

Bishop Job Koo Yobi of Seoul Archdiocese paid tribute to the Columbans in his homily at Mass on Sunday 19 March 2023 which marked the opening of the Missionary Society of St Columban’s Interregional/Mission Unit (IRMU) meeting in Korea. In his homily, Bishop Yobi, who...