New Website Launches on St Columban’s Day

New Website Launches on St Columban’s Day

On the Feast Day of St Columban, 23rd November, we are delighted to unveil our new regional website for the Columbans in Ireland. The new website will provide visitors who wish to learn more about the Missionary Society of St Columban, its history and its ministries,...
First Pacifican Columban Takes Charge in Fiji

First Pacifican Columban Takes Charge in Fiji

Fr Donal McIlraith reports on a major development in Columban leadership. On St Columban’s Day, 23rd November 2022, Fr Felisiano Fatu became Vice Director of the Columban Region of Oceania and became the first Pacifican leader in Fiji in 70 years. “You did not chose...
Homily for St Columban’s Day in Dalgan

Homily for St Columban’s Day in Dalgan

Columban comes across to us as a complex character: humble and haughty; harsh and tender; a warrior and a dove; a stickler for the Rule, yet impetuous; a commanding character; a Prophet more than a Priest, Fr Liam Carey told the community in Dalgan on 23rd November. ...
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...