Columban leaders welcomed at Birmingham Mosque

Columban leaders welcomed at Birmingham Mosque

Columban leaders from Hong Kong – Fr Brian Vale (Vicar General of the Columbans) and Sainiana Tamatawale (Columban Lay Missionaries Central Leadership Team) – joined the Columban Inter Religious Dialogue team in Britain last week to visit the Birmingham...
Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

Columbans and World Mission Sunday 2023

World Mission Sunday 22nd October 2023 “A life unlike your own can be your teacher” – St Columban At this time when so many communities in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere around the world are convulsed by conflict, diversity is often seen as a challenge to be...
Columbans participate in World Religion Day

Columbans participate in World Religion Day

Michael O’Sullivan, Inter-religious Dialogue (IRD) Co-ordinator for the Irish region, writes about the celebration of World Religion Day which took place on Sunday 17th January 2021. World Religion Day is an observance that was initiated in 1950 by the National...
Who are the Columbans?

Who are the Columbans?

An inside look into the Missionary Society of St Columban. A Society of missionary priests and lay people who work in 16 countries around the world. Founded in 1918 by two young Irish priests, Frs Edward Galvin and John Blowick, the Society takes its name from St...
RTÉ’s Joe Little to launch new book on two Columbans

RTÉ’s Joe Little to launch new book on two Columbans

A new book about two Columban missionaries who did pioneering work building trust between Christians and Muslims in the Philippines, but paid a heavy price, will be launched on Thursday 18th July by RTÉ’s Joe Little. ‘Murder in the Missions’ by Jean Harrington is a...