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The Missionary Society of St. Columban (Latin: Societas Sancti Columbani pro Missionibus ad Exteros) (abbreviated as S.S.C.M.E. or SSC), commonly known as the Columbans, is a missionary Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right founded in Ireland in 1917 and approved by the Holy See in 1918.
In 1916, he returned to Ireland to found a society of missionary priests dedicated to the conversion of China, the Missionary Society of St. Columban. On 4 September 1916, he met a young professor from the Maynooth seminary, Fr. John Blowick, at Fr. Tom Ronayne's lodgings in Monkstown, County Dublin. On 10 October 1916, they received permission ...
John Blowick (father), Honoria Blowick (mother, née Madden) Rev John Blowick (1888–1972) was an Irish missionary priest and theologian. He was one of the founders of the Maynooth Mission to China which was later known as the Missionary Society of St. Columban.
Father Aedan McGrath returned to Ireland in 2000, and he made a TV show which aired in November and attended his last Legion of Mary council meeting in December. [6] He died on Christmas Day 2000, one month short of his 95th birthday, [7] and is buried in the Columban Dalgan Cemetery. In his obituary the Irish Times called him "one of the ...
The Missionary Sisters of St. Columban (commonly referred to as the Columban Sisters, abbreviated as S.S.C.) are a religious institute of religious sisters dedicated to serve the poor and needy in the underdeveloped nations of the world. They were founded in Ireland in 1924 to share in the work of the priests of the Missionary Society of St ...
[1] [2] He then taught at the St Columban's College seminary in Dalgan in County Galway of the Maynooth Mission to China, later known as the Missionary Society of Saint Columban. [1] In 1918, the Columban Fathers was formed and he was among the first group of men to join. [4] For eleven years, beginning in 1919, he was the rector. [1]
The Holy Father said Columbanus enhanced the Catholic Church. "The life and labours of the Columban monks proved decisive for the preservation and renewal of European culture", he said. [34] The Missionary Society of Saint Columban, founded in 1916, and the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, founded in 1924, are both dedicated to Columbanus.
Patrick Henry Cronin, S.S.C.M.E. (30 November 1913 – 9 February 1991) was an Irish, Roman Catholic, Columban archbishop and missionary. He was the second Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines, serving during World War II. [1]