Fr Eamon secures funding for women’s addiction centre

Fr Eamon secures funding for women’s addiction centre

Columban missionary Fr Eamon Sheridan writes from Myanmar with the good news that he has secured funding from Misean Cara and Missio Germany to start building a women’s centre in Myitkyina to help women suffering from addiction. “We will start building 1 November...
Family of Fr James Fitzpatrick gather to remember his mission

Family of Fr James Fitzpatrick gather to remember his mission

Fr Neil Collins recalls a pioneering Columban missionary in Burma. Fr James Fitzpatrick, born in Ballynahinch, Co Down on 11 December 1913, died in Burma (Myanmar) on 22 May 1969. Fifty years later twelve members of his family gathered for Mass in Dalgan and...