Former Attorney General pays tribute to Fr Rufus and Fr Des

Former Attorney General pays tribute to Fr Rufus and Fr Des

Former Attorney General and president of the High Court, Harry Whelehan, launched ‘Murder in the Missions’ in Butlerstown parish, Co Waterford last weekend. A friend of Fr Rufus Halley’s from their schooldays together in Glenstal Abbey in Co Limerick, Harry...
Remembering Rufus

Remembering Rufus

‘Remembering Rufus’ is a radio documentary which was commissioned by the Columbans, with support from Misean Cara, and broadcast on Newstalk 106 – 108 fm on 16 November 2013. In Easter week 2013, documentary maker Brian Kenny, working in collaboration with...
‘Murder in the Missions’ launched in Dalgan

‘Murder in the Missions’ launched in Dalgan

A new book telling the story of two Columban missionaries whose lives were radically changed by their ministry on the Filipino island of Mindanao has been praised as “timely”. At the launch of Murder in the Missions: A True Story in Dalgan on Sunday, the pioneering...
Reflection by Fr Shay Cullen: For What Do They Live and Die?

Reflection by Fr Shay Cullen: For What Do They Live and Die?

Many people believe in some kind of ‘God’ that which they worship in their own way, which they make the priority of their actions. It can be money, power, wealth, property, prestige, drugs, alcohol, pleasure, possession, domination, violence, abuse, control. These are...
People of Faith and the Destruction of Biodiversity

People of Faith and the Destruction of Biodiversity

Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh says reading the Global Assessment Report is “a chilling experience” as it spells out the appalling damage which humans have caused to the earth during the past four decades. The publication in Paris of the Global...