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Missionary Sisters of St. Columban

Our story of the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban traditionally begins with the words, "It was because two people shared a vision and answered a…

Fostering Unity and Diversity

As Columban missionaries celebrating our centennial, we look back with gratitude to God and to you, our benefactors, who have so generously…

The China Formation Committee

The Missionary Society of St. Columban was founded in 1918 for evangelization in China.

Missionary Pioneer of Motion Pictures

Richard Ranaghan was born in Killough, Co. Down, Ireland, in 1889.

China Today

In 1954 Fr. Edward MacElroy became the last Columban of that era to leave China.

Sharing Gospel Joy

It is truly a joy for the Missionary Society of St. Columban to be celebrating our centenary.

Columban, The White Dove

I Columban
Born and bred
Among the soft roll of hills

1916: Birth of a Nation and of an Irish Missionary Movement

"You are mad to try to organize a foreign missionary society while Ireland is in the throes of a

The Missionary Society of St. Columban Timeline

For 100 years the Missionary Society of St. Columban has faithfully taken God's message of hope and salvation to the poor and oppressed in faraway…

The Piglet that Wouldn't Grow

I did a funeral in a small village near Dogoru a few months ago.