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Missionary Society of Saint Columban Cemetery

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Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, USA
Phone	:	877-299-1920
Website	:	columban.org
Coordinate	:	42.5365000, -79.2294420
Description	:	Missionary Society of Saint Columban Cemetery In 1916, two young Irish priests, Edward J Galvin (a future bishop) and John Blowick, found the Maynooth Mission to China, which would soon change its name to the Missionary Society of Saint Columban, popularly known as the Columban Fathers (later joined by the Columban Sisters). By early 1918, the Society had opened its seminary at Dalgan Park in County Mayo, Ireland, later transferring it to Navan, County, Meath, in 1941. Both founders had larger ambitions and wanted to establish a branch of their new Society in the United States of America. In late... Read More	Missionary Society of Saint Columban Cemetery In 1916, two young Irish priests, Edward J Galvin (a future bishop) and John Blowick, found the Maynooth Mission to China, which would soon change its name to the Missionary Society of Saint Columban, popularly known as the Columban Fathers (later joined by the Columban Sisters). By early 1918, the Society had opened its seminary at Dalgan Park in County Mayo, Ireland, later transferring it to Navan, County, Meath, in 1941. Both founders had larger ambitions and wanted to establish a branch of their new Society in the United States of America. In late 1918, the Columbans purchased a house in Omaha, Nebraska. Three Columbans moved into the property on November 11, 1918, the date of the official end of World War I. In 1921, they established a new American seminary there. The Society was growing and positive steps were occurring. The most lasting of these was the purchase of the property in Silver Creek, New York, in the Buffalo area. Since mid-1923 the Columbans had discussed the possibility of buying land for a seminary on the East Coast of the US, to accommodate the growing number of students. The picturesque Silver Creek property on the shores of Lake Erie provided the ideal setting. In May 1923, Bishop William Turner, Diocese of Buffalo, granted Father Edward J. McCarthy and the Columbans permission to purchase the Silver Creek property, and they did so in late 1923. Bishop Turner blessed the Saint Columban’s Preparatory College at Silver Creek in the autumn of 1924, on the Feast of the Holy Rosary. Soon after this foundation in Silver Creek, the Columban Sisters arrived from Ireland and took over the household management for the seminary. They were also responsible also for the health of the young seminarians and became involved in the teaching of religion throughout the area surrounding the college. The Society was cementing and expanding its presence in the United States. In 1969, the Columban Sisters oversaw the transformation of former minor seminary in Silver Creek, New York, into a modern and beautiful retirement home, Saint Columban's on the Lake, which is still serving the needs of the elderly. As well as being a home for seniors from the locality, many elderly Columban priests have traveled long distances in order to reside there. Some of them, tired and weary from their foreign missionary journeys, have found rest and serenity there during the later stages of life. The cemetery of this historical and well preserved institution, is located on the scenic and serene grounds that overlook Lake Erie. This sacred ground is final resting place of both, priests of the Missionary Society of Saint Columban and the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban.

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Longitude: -79.2294420

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