St Columban: “more an eagle than a dove”

St Columban: “more an eagle than a dove”

To mark the Feast day of St Columban – patron of the Columbans – we publish an extract of Sr Redempta Twomey’s 2015 talks for RTE Radio on this inspirational Irish missionary who died in Bobbio in 615. In the Columban chapel in Dalgan, Co Meath there is a little...
Celebrate the Feast of St Columbanus on 23rd November

Celebrate the Feast of St Columbanus on 23rd November

Celebrate the Feast of St Columbanus with the Columbans in Dalgan Park, Navan Monday 23rd November 2020 at 7pm. We invite our families, supporters, co-workers, friends of Columbanus to tune into our Eucharist to give thanks and pray together as we continue to support...
Who are the Columbans?

Who are the Columbans?

An inside look into the Missionary Society of St Columban. A Society of missionary priests and lay people who work in 16 countries around the world. Founded in 1918 by two young Irish priests, Frs Edward Galvin and John Blowick, the Society takes its name from St...
St Columban’s lesson for the Season of Creation

St Columban’s lesson for the Season of Creation

In the third reflection for the Season of Creation, Fr Sean McDonagh speaks about St Columban’s Sermon I when he said, “Understand the creation if you want to know about the Creator”. According to Fr Sean, “Learning about creation tells us who God is in our world...