Dublin * Luxeuil * Bregenz * Disentis * Olivone * Bobbio * Rome
A Columban Pilgrimage in 2015 to mark the 1400th anniversary of the death of St Columban
in the year 615 in Bobbio, northern Italy.
A 20-day pilgrimage
Begins: August 17, 2015
Ends: September 5, 2015
Pilgrimage leaders and Chaplains
Fr Tommy Murphy was the Superior General of the Missionary Society of St Columban from 2006-2012. He is an acclaimed scholar of the Celtic heritage of Ireland and an expert on St Columban. He is the founder of the Columban Pilgrimage Walk to Croagh Patrick, County Mayo. He has served as a Columban Missionary in Korea, Taiwan and China.
Fr Gary Walker is the Regional Director of the Columban Region of Australia and New Zealand. He has served as a member of the General Council of the Columbans in Ireland from 1994 to 2000. He has a great interest in St Columban and Celtic Spirituality. He served as a Columban Missionary in Fiji, Jamaica and in Australia.
Janette Mentha has worked at the Columban Mission Centre in Melbourne for the past seven years. She is the Director of the Communications and Publications Department and is responsible for Columban publications including The Far East Magazine, the Columban Art Calendar, Columban E-Bulletin and other activities and programmes such as the World Youth Day Chile Experience 2013.
Janette lives in Melbourne with her husband Harry. They have six children. She is a member of St Bede's parish North Balwyn. She has a great interest in learning more about St Columban.
For information: Contact: info@columban.org.au
Phone: Aus: (03) 9375 9475 NZ: 61 3 9375 9475
Read an article by Columban Fr Gary Walker:
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From the Director - Australians set off on Columban pilgrimage We will follow the trail that St Columban and his band of monks travelled from Ireland to France, to Austria, to Switzerland and over the Alps to Bobbio, Italy. read more |
You can follow the Columban pilgrimage on our website at 'In the Footsteps of St Columban' and/or on Columban social media via Facebook, Twitter or Google+ .
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