As veteran RTE journalist Charlie Bird is laid to rest, Columban missionary Fr Donie Hogan recalls meeting him in the Philippines...
We are the Columban Missionaries in Ireland
Our mission is to help people become fully human, to help establish a world of peace with justice, and to care for creation in solidarity with the poor. We follow Jesus of Nazareth who said,
‘He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free and to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.’ (Lk 4:18)
Columban News
A Spring Day in Dalgan with John Feehan
On Saturday 4th May 2024, join Dr John Feehan for ‘A Spring Day in Dalgan’. This year will focus on mosses and ferns, which were...
Tribute to Subanen Crafter Who Died in Childbirth
Fr Vincent Busch pays tribute to Andonie, one of the four original Subanen Crafters in the Philippines, who died recently in...
Mission Feature
The Spiritual Journey of St Patrick
Fr Maurice Hogan writes about the development of Patrician studies in recent years and the Columban contribution to this, notably Fr Aidan Larkin’s book, ‘The Spiritual Journey of St Patrick’. The middle of the twentieth century witnessed a revolution in the study of...