Stations of the Cross in Seoul

Stations of the Cross in Seoul

On Good Friday, the Columban formation community in Seoul participated in a liturgy organised by the Korean Branch of the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM), writes Fr Donal O’Keeffe. Formally inaugurated in January 2020, GCCM Korea is now a national...
Saying goodbye to my friend Fr Patrick Murphy

Saying goodbye to my friend Fr Patrick Murphy

From my youth I developed a strong friendship with the Columban missionaries that ministered in Jeju (Korea). Fr Patrick Murphy was in Mosulpo and I became a long-time friend, writes Kang Kyung-Sue [Andrew]. One afternoon at the beginning of summer the two of us sat...
Columban formation in the Covid-19 pandemic

Columban formation in the Covid-19 pandemic

The Coronavirus inspires us to be more creative, more patient and more flexible than ever, writes Fr Alvaro Martinez of the General Council, as he explains how the Society’s formation programmes have been affected by the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis.   Manila and...
Funeral of Korean scholar Fr Kevin O’Rourke SSC in Seoul

Funeral of Korean scholar Fr Kevin O’Rourke SSC in Seoul

Columban missionary Fr Kevin O’Rourke, Korea’s first foreign literary scholar who translated more than 2,000 Korean literary works into English, has been laid to rest in Seoul. Fr Kevin died on 23 October aged 81 and his funeral was held on 26 October at the...
Fr Joseph Flanagan

Fr Joseph Flanagan

Fr Joe was born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway on 25 April 1936 and he received all his early education there. He attended the Convent school and St Grellan’s and then went to St Joseph’s Garbally for secondary level. He joined the Columbans in Dalgan in 1955 and was...