Phase 2 Fundraising Leaflet 2016 Click Here to Download Leaflet. Dear Parishioner, The year of St. Columbanus made clear the importance of Bangor. Many pilgrims and visitors came and will continue to do so in the future. It was a source of great pride to the parish that the sanctuary area of St. Comgall’s had…
Parish Church Refurbishment Phase 2 2016 – Parish Meeting
We are currently in the planning stages of Phase 2 of the refurbishment programme for St Comgalls Church, Bangor and plan to launch a fundraising campaign. The last major work carried out on the Church was over 30 years ago, following the Churches destruction by fire. Proposed drawings will be presented to Parishioners at a…
Catholic Schools Week 2016
Catholic Schools Week is an all-Ireland annual event which invites Catholic schools to give expression in a special way to the ethos of Catholic education. It is a celebration of Catholic schools throughout Ireland, North and South which acknowledges the tremendous contribution that our Catholic primary and post-primary schools make not just to Irish society,…
Holy Hour at Saint Comgall’s, Donaghadee
Exposition and Holy Hour: Every first Sunday of the month at 3pm organized by Saint Comgall’s Donaghadee Prayer Group. (No Holy Hour during July)
Christmas Message 2015 by Bishop Noel Treanor
“No ear may hear his coming; but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in.” (Hymn, Phillips Brooks, 1835-93) My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Christmas, the annual celebration of the perilous journey to Bethlehem, the fruitless search for shelter, and the birth of…
The Conferral of the Honoris Causa Doctorate
The following is the address given by Dr Mauro Steffininni, President of the Friends of St Columbanus on the occasion of his being awarded an honorary doctorate from St Patrick’s College Maynooth to mark the 1400th Anniversary of the death of St Columbanus. There were two other honorary graduates Bishop Gianni Ambrogio of Piacenza-Bobbio and…
Feast of St Columbanus 2015 – Celebrations to mark the end of the Year of St Columbanus.
Diocese of Down and Connor – On Monday 23rd November, we celebrated the feast day of St. Columbanus. This year marks the 1400th anniversary of the Saint who travelled from Leinster, through Bangor, and onto mainland Europe. Bishop Nulty and Monsignor Byrne from the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin joined us for the Mass, which…
Investiture of Fr Joseph Gunn and Fr Joseph Rooney as Honorary Canons of the Co-Cathedral of Bobbio, Italy
Events are taking place this year to mark the historic fact that St Columbanus died 1400 years ago in Bobbio in 615AD. On Saturday 29 August, the eve of the 18th annual celebration of St. Columban’s Day, within the setting of a prayer vigil held in the Co-Cathedral of Bobbio, in the presence of pilgrims from…
Re-Ordered Sanctuary Phase 1 Completed June 2015
Following extensive work the Re-Ordered Sanctuary in St Comgalls Church was completed for the 20th June 2015, in time for the 1400th Anniversary celebrations marking the Death of St Columbanus in 615. Deo Gratias. It is hoped to continue with Phase 2 of the refurbishment programme in 2016. This phase will include rewiring of the main body…
Photographs from the Bangor Celebrations commemorating the 1400th Anniversary of the death of St Columbanus