Look for any twelve individuals!

Look for any twelve individuals!

Holy Thursday for me has always meant the washing of the feet. I missed it last year when in accordance with the Covid directives it was set aside. Its absence provoked a moment of reflection on the Gospel message and an opportunity to remember previous Holy...
‘Thank you’ from Columban special needs school in Peru

‘Thank you’ from Columban special needs school in Peru

Dear Friends and Benefactors, Over recent months I have been receiving donations from and through you for small projects I have been funding in Lima, Peru. I’ve been spending the majority of this money on improvement schemes within our school for special needs...
Fr Seamus O’Connor

Fr Seamus O’Connor

Seamus O’Connor was born in Tullamore on the 25 February1926. He was educated in St Brigid’s NS and St Finian’s, Mullingar and joined the Columbans in Navan in 1944. He was ordained on 21 December 1950 and was part of the first Columban group assigned to Fiji. He...
An appreciation of Columban missionary Sr Marie Galvin

An appreciation of Columban missionary Sr Marie Galvin

On the journey of life, we are blessed to meet people who really influence us. We are able to genuinely say that they have made a difference. One such person for me was Columban Sister, Marie Galvin, whom we laid to rest on Monday 20th January 2020 at the Sisters’...