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...
Compulsive Gambling

Compulsive Gambling

New Year sees many of us resolve to tackle our destructive habits. Kwon Byung-hee [Augustine] recalls Columban missionary Fr Paul White who established a recovery programme for gambling addicts and helped thousands of Koreans turn their lives around. Fr Paul White...
Stations of the Cross – an Easter Presentation

Stations of the Cross – an Easter Presentation

This Easter Power Point Presentation was compiled by Jo Bell. She and her husband Kevin worked as Columban Lay Missionaries in Korea in the 1970s. The statues form scenes depicting the life of Jesus, which are scattered around the Hill of Grace Sanctuary in Jeju...
The Challenges of Militarism

The Challenges of Militarism

Irish Columban, Fr Patrick Cunningham, who is based in South Korea, explains how activities related to military spending impact on the environment and on the well-being of vulnerable communities living near sensitive locations and sitting on precious resources. The...
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...