‘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’...
“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....