Maynooth Seminarians Gift €2k for SSC Seminarians

Maynooth Seminarians Gift €2k for SSC Seminarians

Members of Aontas, a charitable association of seminarians studying for priesthood in Maynooth, visited Dalgan this week to present a cheque for €2,000 to support the training of Columban seminarians. Aontas (meaning ‘union’ in Irish) was founded in 1989 and since...
Dalgan Welcomes its First Chinese Episcopal Delegation

Dalgan Welcomes its First Chinese Episcopal Delegation

History was made when three bishops from the Catholic Church in China visited Dalgan Park last week to honour the role the Columbans have played in the faith in China. It is the first Chinese episcopal delegation to visit Dalgan since the Society was founded in 1918....
Matt Talbot: Columban Benefactor

Matt Talbot: Columban Benefactor

On the centenary of the death of Venerable Matt Talbot, Fr Seán Coyle recalls this popular patron of those struggling with alcoholism who may become the first person connected with the Columbans to be canonised. Venerable Matt Talbot died one hundred years ago on 7th...
Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

Columban Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of Mission

The Missionary Sisters of St Columban gathered in St Patrick’s Church, Wicklow on Sunday 29th September 2024 to mark the centenary of the establishment as a congregation. Bishop Donal Roche of the Archdiocese of Dublin presided at the Centenary Mass which was...
Good News from Wuhan!

Good News from Wuhan!

Fr John Boles speaks to a young Columban who shares words of hope from an unexpected place. Wuhan! A name now notorious as the probable source of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. But, for Catholics and especially Columbans, Wuhan means GOOD NEWS. It is where the...