Columban was born around the year 543 in the province of Leinster, in the southeastern part of Ireland. He was educated at home by excellent teachers who guided him in studying the liberal arts.

The home of the Missionary Columban Fathers in Ireland has closed its scenic grounds to the public in order to protect its vulnerable and elderly Priest population during the Covid-19 outbreak.

The pope drew attention to the fact that the expression “totius Europae – of all Europe” first appeared in a letter which Columban wrote to Pope Gregory the Great in AD600.

This year Bishop Denis Nulty and the people of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin are extending an invitation to people in Ireland, Britain and Europe to join a celebration of St Columban’s ...

The Rev. Edmond Bahl, 82, a Columban missionary who served for many years in the Philippines, died Monday (May 14, 2001) ... Burial will be in St. Columban's Cemetery, Silver Creek. 0 Comments ...

Dec. 2 marks the 100th anniversary of the Missionary Society of St. Columban. ... The Columban Fathers began 100 years ago as an Ireland-based Catholic missionary society whose focus was on China.