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ABOUT US
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Our Missionaries
“Let us be Christ’s not our
own.”
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HISTORY: We were founded in
Ireland in 1924. We came into existence in response to a call to help the
people of China, especially the women and children. This call was heard by
many women, among them former Lady Frances Moloney, a young widow of Sir
Alfred Moloney, Governor of British Honduras (Belize) and later of
Tri A few years previously Father John Blowick, a professor at the National Seminary in Maynooth, in Ireland, joined the newly founded Maynooth Mission to China (known today as the Columban Missionary Society). He was to play a pivotal role in the founding of the Columban Missionary Sisters. Our first Sisters were sent to China as soon as they were professed. From there we spread out to different countries in the world |
Here, in
the Philipppines, we worked in St. Columban Academy (now College),
Lingayen, Immaculate Conception College, Ozamiz City, Malate Catholic
School, Columban College, Olongapo City, St. Joseph School, Olongapo City,
Malasiqui Catholic School, St. Columban High School, Labrador, St. Michael
High School, Tangub City, Sacred Heart High School, Molave.
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nidad. Frances Moloney was searching for a way of life that would make
a difference to the most needy.