Columbans Mark UN World Refugee Day in Navan

Columbans Mark UN World Refugee Day in Navan

Fr Pat Colgan reports on an event organised by Cultúr Migrant Centre, a group which the Columbans have been supporting for many years, for World Refugee Day. “Becoming a refugee is never a choice. But how we respond is..” (António Guterres, UN Secretary-General) Each...
Dalgan Park – Sunday Mass and Opening Hours

Dalgan Park – Sunday Mass and Opening Hours

The grounds of Dalgan Park are currently open to the public between 10am and 4pm daily. (Winter time hours) Mass in the College Chapel in Dalgan is now open to the public again at 9:30am every Sunday. Situated three miles south of Navan on five acres of parklands and...
Opening hours of the grounds at Dalgan Park

Opening hours of the grounds at Dalgan Park

The grounds of Dalgan Park are currently open to the public between 10am and 4pm daily. (Winter time hours) Situated three miles south of Navan on five acres of parklands and woods, Dalgan Park is the home of the Missionary Society of St Columban in Ireland. The...
Fr Seamus Egan

Fr Seamus Egan

Seamus Egan was born in Ballybrehony, Claremorris on 2 February 1943. Educated at Ballybrehony NS and St Colman’s College, Claremorris, he came to St Columban’s, Navan in September 1960. He was ordained priest on 21st December 1966. In 1967 he was appointed to Chile...
Fr James Francis Gavigan

Fr James Francis Gavigan

James (‘Jimmy’) Gavigan was born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal on 9 April 1927. He was educated at the Convent of Mercy and De la Salle Brothers Schools, and at St Eunan’s College, Letterkenny. He came to St Columban’s, Navan in September 1944 and was...