“Rise Up and Walk!”

“Rise Up and Walk!”

Columban missionary Fr John Boles, SSC draws on the Gospel account of a miracle in Luke 5.23 to show how the generosity of Columban benefactors is having an impact on the lives of the disabled in Peru. In the Gospel we hear how Jesus performed a miracle by saying to...
Fr John Silvester McGrath

Fr John Silvester McGrath

John Silvester McGrath was born on 31 December 1930 at Carna, Connemara, Co Galway. He was educated at Carna NS, Bangor Erris NS, Charlestown NS, Ballymore NS and St Finian’s College, Mullingar. He came to Dalgan in 1949 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1955....
Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

When the women of San Benito voiced their concern over their children’s future saying, “The children, the young children, we have to do something about the children, they are at risk”, Columban Fr Ed O’Connell and the Warmi Huasi team decided to do something....
Attack on Fr Gerard Desmond in Peru

Attack on Fr Gerard Desmond in Peru

On Saturday, 28 April 2018, Columban missionary Fr Gerard Desmond was attacked by three armed men as he arrived at his residence in the Parish of Christ the Liberator, in the slum district of San Juan de Lurigancho, outside of Lima, Peru. Preparing to go on holidays,...
Invitation To Mission Group Visits Columban Mission in Peru

Invitation To Mission Group Visits Columban Mission in Peru

A group comprising Columban co-workers, a lay missionary, the current Faith in Action Volunteer in Britain and friends of the Columbans in Britain and Ireland, have commenced a 10-day journey which will involve them experiencing Holy Week and Easter Week in Peru,...