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The
Columban Sisters were founded in Ireland in 1922. They
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 Frances
Moloney, a young widow searching for a way of life that
would make a difference to the most needy.
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Frances Moloney |
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On
1st. February 1922, the first group of women came together in a
farmhouse in Cahiracon, beside the River Shannon in Co Clare, Ireland,
to
begin their training as missionary Sisters. Thus began the
Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban.
Among that pioneering
group were: Frances Moloney, Nora Collins, Brigid
McSweeney, Mary McKey, Elizabeth Walsh all from Ireland
and Frances Mapleback who had travelled all the way from
Australia to join the newly founded congregaion |
The First Novices
- 1922. |
Soon
others, fired by the vision, joined the community and four
years later a group was ready for the long journey that would
take them to China.
Mission
to China
Who was St.
Columban
Visit the
Columban Sisters' Motherhouse |
Read
about the early history of the Columban Sisters
in the biography
of Frances Moloney
by
Sister Sheila Lucey, SSC
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