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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.
He joined the Missionary Society of St. Columban (Columban Fathers) in 1936 and assigned to Korea in 1938. [2] Fr Brennan was interned by Japanese forces, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and repatriated to the US.
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 .
Sean Lavery (1931–1999) was a Roman Catholic priest for the Missionary Society of St. Columban ("The Columbans") and a church music director. Lavery was born in Lurgan, County Armagh. Immaculate Conception Pipe Organ
Edward J. Galvin was born at Newcestown, County Cork, Ireland, on 23 November 1882.He was ordained a Catholic priest at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 1909 for his home diocese of Cork.
He was the first Columban Father to be killed on mission. Timothy was born in July 1893 to William a Farmer and his wife Maryanne Leonard, in the parish of Killmurray, Killronan, Ballysimon, County Limerick. He attended Monaleen National School and later as a boarder at St Munchin's College in Limerick. [2] Fr.
Rev Stephen Blowick was Parish priest of Islandeady in Co. Mayo, Rev Peter Blowick served as Rector of St. Columbans College, and Joseph Blowick became TD for Mayo South, was a founder and leader of Clann na Talmhan a small farmers’ party, serving as Minister of Lands in the inter-party governments of 1948-51 and 1954-57. [2]