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Columban Charter of Partnership
On Friday 24 March 2023, FoCB Committee members launched the Columban Charter of Partnership at Bangor City Hall (Bangor Castle). The Charter is a declaration of intent to support and […]
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Columbanus Peregrinus Project
For the past 10 years, Manuela Bertoncini from the Liguria region in Italy, has been connecting people in Ireland with people in Italy through culture, sport, music, education and agriculture. […]
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Columbanus, Penance and the roots of Military Chaplaincy
The principal speaker at this year’s Columbanus Festival in Bangor was Rev Andrew Totten. Ordained in the Church of Ireland, Rev Totten was an Army chaplain for 27 years. He […]
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Columbanus Festival 2022 – Report
Columbanus Festival a Great Success The annual Columbanus Festival to commemorate the life and legacy of Columbanus has been hailed as a great success. With grant funding from the Department of Communities which […]
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Columbanus Festival 2022
Commemorating the life and legacy of Columbanus 17th – 20th November 2022 The events will be located at various venues around Bangor and will include readings, a guided walk, calligraphy […]
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Finding Columbanus (Carlow) – Report
On the 8th October 2022 a small group from Bangor joined the Carlow Friends of Columbanus group to walk one of the Columban Way ‘feeder routes’. We walked a 7km […]
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Finding Columbanus (Bangor) – Report
24/25 September 2022 Owing to weather conditions we had to abandon the plan to explore the ecclesiastical remains on the Copeland Islands and instead make a short boat trip out […]