Columbans Attend Global Church Climate Summit

Columbans Attend Global Church Climate Summit

Ellen Teague, a member of the Columbans’ Justice, Peace & Ecology Group, attended the Church’s recent global climate summit ‘Raising Hope’ in Italy. She reports on how 1,000 participants from 80 countries came together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the...
‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a Season for Everything…’

‘There is a season for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven’ (Ecclesiastes 3:1) We human beings like to mark special moments in time – a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a golden jubilee, a centenary. This year as we, Columban Sisters, mark 100 years of...
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...
Praying Under an Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s Shadow

Praying Under an Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s Shadow

In Wuhan, central China, where I live, I frequently visit the Sisters of Our Lady of Hanyang, a diocesan congregation founded by Bishop Edward Galvin, co-founder of St Columbans Mission Society, writes Fr Dan Troy. Their convent is located right beside St...