Significant anniversaries of Columban martyrs in 2020

Significant anniversaries of Columban martyrs in 2020

In the January/February 2020 Editorial of the Far East magazine, Fr Raymond Husband, Regional Director of the Columbans in Ireland, highlights some significant anniversaries this year of Columban missionaries who gave their lives for the Gospel and love of the people...
New headstone for Columban martyr Fr Timothy Leonard

New headstone for Columban martyr Fr Timothy Leonard

John M Leonard is a relative of Fr Timothy Leonard, the first martyr of the Missionary Society of St Columban, who was killed in China in 1929. John Leonard recently visited China for the sixth time, with the purpose of visiting his martyred relative’s grave at San...