Joy as Two New Columban Deacons Ordained

Joy as Two New Columban Deacons Ordained

Rev Iowane Naio from Fiji Islands and Rev Francis Xavier La Aung Nbwi from Myanmar were ordained to the diaconate last Saturday in the Columban International Theologate House in Cubao, Quezon City in the Philippines. Francis Xavier is the first Kachin permanent member...
Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

Missionary Society of St Columban Annual Report

The Missionary Society of St Columban’s Annual Report for 2022-23 has just been published. Society Leader, Fr Tim Mulroy writes: As I leafed through this Annual Report and reflected on Columban mission during this past year, I was struck by the multiple cords of...
Fr Eamon helps Patrick in Myitkyina find sobriety

Fr Eamon helps Patrick in Myitkyina find sobriety

Fr Eamon Sheridan relates how many young men in Myitkyina (Myanmar) are called Columban or Patrick – a legacy of the Irish Columbans who worked there between 1936 and 1978. In 2017, Fr Eamon began working at the Rebirth Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Myitkyina....
Winners of Columban Schools Competition on Peace

Winners of Columban Schools Competition on Peace

Winners have been announced in 2023 Schools Media Competition for young people on the subject ‘Building Peaceful Futures’ run by the Columbans in Ireland and Britain. Young people aged 13-18 years were asked to produce an article or image that demonstrated an...
Fr Thomas Michael Murphy

Fr Thomas Michael Murphy

Thomas ‘Tommy’ Murphy was born in Castlebar, Co Mayo on 3rd of August 1949. He was educated at St Patrick’s Primary School and St Gerard’s Secondary School in Castlebar. He joined the Columbans in September 1967 and was ordained priest in Dalgan on Easter Sunday, 14...