Pray for Peace With St Columban

Pray for Peace With St Columban

On the feast day of our patron, St Columban, on the 23rd November, the Columban Missionaries will be praying especially for peace in our world. Amid the ongoing conflicts, divisions and wars in our world, why not unite your prayers with us in asking St Columban to...
Columban Outreach to St Columban Schools

Columban Outreach to St Columban Schools

Columban Missionary Fr Pat Colgan has been promoting St Columban and the Columban Missionaries in schools named after our patron. The recent participation of the ‘Coro Gerberto’ Male Choir from Bobbio (Italy), where St Columban died, in the 2025 Bangor International...
Farewell to Fr Ray as baton passes to Fr Dave!

Farewell to Fr Ray as baton passes to Fr Dave!

Outgoing Regional Director of the Columbans in Ireland, Fr Raymond Husband, has paid tribute to his successor, Fr David Kenneally, and expressed his gratitude to his Columban confreres, the staff, supporters and friends as he passes the baton on after six years at the...
Nine-Day Novena of Prayer to St Columban

Nine-Day Novena of Prayer to St Columban

As we approach the Feast of the great monk and pilgrim St Columban on 23rd November, we are publishing a nine-day novena of prayer and reflection which supporters, benefactors, family and friends may find helpful. This year we pray for peace in all those countries and...
The Best-Known Irishman of the Early Middle Ages

The Best-Known Irishman of the Early Middle Ages

St Columban’s Feast Day 23rd November In his address of a General Audience in June 2008, Pope Benedict XVI said: “I would like to speak about the holy Abbot Columban, the best-known Irishman of the Early Middle Ages. Since he worked as a monk, missionary and writer in...