Cardinal Coutts and Bishop Nulty Visit Dalgan

Cardinal Coutts and Bishop Nulty Visit Dalgan

Two high-ranking prelates visited Dalgan this week as the Society in Ireland and worldwide celebrated the Feast of St Columbanus. On Monday, 24th November the Columbans in Dalgan gathered in the College Chapel to celebrate the Feast of St Columban. Due to the fact...
Cathal’s Journey

Cathal’s Journey

Last year Cathal King travelled to Pakistan to visit his uncle, Columban Missionary Fr Tomás King. He recounts how his travels deepened his understanding of Pakistan’s complexities.  The purpose of my visit to Pakistan in 2024 was to volunteer alongside my...
Health Clinic in Pakistan Targets TB

Health Clinic in Pakistan Targets TB

The Health Clinic had been doing fine in partnership with the government. We have a continuous supply of TB medicine from them, writes Columban Lay Missionary Monalisa Esteban. Representatives from the Civil Health Office come every quarter to visit and check on the...
Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

Columbans provide food to Pakistan’s flood victims

An update from Pakistan from Fr Pat Visanti on Columban efforts to help some of those worst affected by the recent floods in the parish of Badin. Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish is located in a rural city of Badin. It is about three hours’ drive from Pakistan’s...
Murder of a Landless Farm Worker

Murder of a Landless Farm Worker

Columban missionary Fr Daniel O’Connor writes about the killing of a landless farm worker in a dispute over water and wood and the fear landlords wield over whole villages in Pakistan.   On a very hot day in May, Shomo working alone, was trimming back thorn bushes...