Fr Gerard Bellew

Fr Gerard Bellew

Fr Gerard Bellew was born in Dundalk on the 15th March 1938. He was educated in the CBS primary and secondary schools in Dundalk before joining the Columbans in Navan in 1955. He was ordained on 20th December 1961. His first appointment was to post graduate studies in...
Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Heed the call of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Columban Fr Jim Mulroney writes about the scourge of nuclear weapons as Japan marks the anniversary of the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At 8:15 am on August 6, the city of Hiroshima observed a minute’s silence for those who died and those who have born...
China: The story of a faith journey

China: The story of a faith journey

Six years ago, on a summer Sunday morning, as I stood outside the door of Holy Family Church in Wuhan, I was greeted by a young Chinese woman. A conversation began. Lucy Lu had returned to be with her family in Wuhan, having arrived from the US where she was studying....