Australia 1922 - Opening of Columban Seminary in Bellevue, Nebraska, USA 1927 - Dowdstown House, Navan, Co. Meath, bought by Society 1929 - Mission to Philippines 1933 - Mission to Korea 1936 - Mission to Burma 1941 - Society moved completely from Shrule to Navan 1948 - Mission to Japan 1950 - Malate/Manila Martyrs, Columbans Fallon, Heneghan, Kelly and Monaghan killed in Philippines 1950 - Columbans Collier, Reilly, Maginn, Cannavan, Brennan, Cusack, and O'Brien killed in Korean War 1951 - Mission to Fiji commenced 1952 - Missions to Chile and Peru 1954 - Columbans expelled from China 1979 - Mission to Pakistan and Mission to Taiwan 1979 - Columbans leave Burma 1985 - Mission to Brazil commenced 1986 - Missions to Jamaica and Belize 1999 - Mission to US/Mexico Border 2008 - General Council moves from Ireland to Hong Kong 2016 - Mission to Myanmar (formerly Burma) reopens 2018 - Centenary Celebrations Seminaries Dalgan Park, Shrule, Co. Galway (1918-1941) In 1918 the society founded St Columban's College, Dalgan Park, Shrule, on the Galway/Mayo border, as their seminary. The seminary moved 1941 to Dowdstown House, Navan, Co. Meath. Dalgan Park, Navan, Co. Meath Dowdstown House, Navan, Co. Meath, was bought in 1927 by the Columbans, from the Taylor family, and the Columbans moved in in 1929 before moving completely from Shrule in 1941 and renamed it Dalgan Park. Dalgan Park Navan served as the headquarters of the society until 1967 when it moved to Dublin, and in 1981 it was designated a retreat centre for the Diocese. The Irish Missionaries Union Institute, and the Columban Lay Missionaries are based in Dalgan Park. The Columban Archive is stored at Navan as well. The Columban's ran a parttime postgrad diploma in theology(Education & Religion) and a MA in Theology (Ecology & Religion). The MA in Ecology and Faith was in collaboration with Lampeter College at the University of Wales in 2009 the course moved to All Hallows College and was validated by DCU. The Faith and Mission course for missionaries was run by the columbans from dalgan park was developed with the IMU, it was followed by a course Mission and Justice. Columban Seminary Omaha, Nebraska A house was opened in Nebraska in 1918, in 1921 construction began on the Columban seminary in Bellevue, Nebraska. It was dedicated in June 1922 by Archbishop Jeremiah J. Harty of Omaha, and accepting its first students