Collaborators in Columban Mission

Collaborators in Columban Mission

Columban Fr George Hogarty writes about the missionary journey of Jorge ‘Coco’ Juaregui and his wife, Rosa Ramirez, which began when the Columban Fathers assumed responsibility for a rapidly expanding housing estate being built on land that was once part of a large...
Columban Prayers for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Columban Prayers for the Coronavirus Pandemic

These prayers were written for the COVID-19 pandemic by Columban priests in the United States and Ireland. With thanks to https://columban.org/ Prayer to St Columban in the face of the Coronavirus St Columban of Mt Leinster, Bangor, Luxeuil, Bregenz and Bobbio, your...
Fr Peter Dong leads celebration for Feast of St Columban

Fr Peter Dong leads celebration for Feast of St Columban

This year’s liturgical celebration for the Feast of St Columban in the Irish Region was led by Fr Peter Dong, the first Columban Father from mainland China and one of the newest members of the Society. Fr Peter was ordained to the priesthood in China last 25 January...
St Columban’s Day: Journey to Bobbio

St Columban’s Day: Journey to Bobbio

Columban missionary Sr Ann Gray recalls some important insights she gleaned on her recent pilgrimage to Bobbio, where the great missionary St Columban died in November 615AD. A few months ago, I was fortunate to make my second pilgrimage to Bobbio, the place in Italy...
Fr Colm Seamus Murphy

Fr Colm Seamus Murphy

Fr Colm Murphy was born on 28 December 1930 in Sandymount, Dublin. He was educated at Dublin’s Model National School and at Belvedere College. He came to Dalgan in 1948 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1954. After ordination he was appointed to study...