White Monkey
Fr. Brian Gore, Columban priest from Australia assigned in Negros, relates an incident of the plight of the poor people in Negros.
May 2023
Fijian Columban Lay Missionary in the Philippines
Columban lay missionary, Lanieta Tamatawale, from Fiji Islands, sharing about her life in the mission.
PH20 Columban Lay Missionaries to Fiji
This video is about the mission sending mass of PH 20 composed of Monaliza Esteban, Leizl Ladaran and Marjorie Engcoy, and their signing of contract with the Missionary Society of St. Columban. They were sent to Fiji Islands as Columban lay missionaries.
“Launching of the Centenary Celebration”
The Launching of the yearlong Centennial Celebration of the foundation of the Missionary Society of St. Columban was held in three different regions -Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The Launching of the yearlong Centennial Celebration of the foundation of the Missionary Society of St. Columban was held in three different regions -Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. …
Columbans in the Philippines: The Beginnings
Fr. Kevin McHugh, a Columban priest from Ireland assigned in the Philippines, narrates about the beginnings of the Columban mission in the country.
A Time in History (May 1-7)
May 1 FR. CLARENCE BECKLEY was born on February 8, 1939, in Springville, Iowa. He graduated from Holy Rosary High School in La Motte, Iowa and went to St. Columban’s College, Milton, Massachusetts, USA where he was ordained on December 21, 1966. Assigned to the Philippines he worked in the parishes of Sapang Dalaga, Aurora, and …
A Time in History (May 8-16)
May 11 FR. PETER STEEN was born in 1925 at Navan, County Meath, Ireland. He died in the Dalgan Nursing Home on May 11, 2009. Educated at De La Salle and at St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, Father Peter then studied dentistry for two years at University College, Dublin. Then in 1946 he entered Dalgan and …
A Time in History (May 17-23)
May 21 FR. MARTIN FORDE was from Kilchreest, County Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1912. He died on May 21, 1976. He was a brother of Columban Father Bernard Forde. Fr. Martin was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe [1925-30] before coming to Dalgan in1930 where he was ordained priest in1936. In 1937, …
A Time in History (May 24-31)
May 24 FR. TIMOTHY J. DONNELLY was born in 1918 at Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. He died in Dalgan on May 24, 1996. When Father Tim completed his secondary education at Presentation College, Cobh in 1936 he entered Dalgan seminary where he was ordained priest on December 21, 1942. Due to World War II, he …