Columban introduced to Europe the Irish penitential discipline, including private confession.

高隆邦把包括私下忏悔在内的爱尔兰苦修条例介绍给了欧洲。

In full agreement with his abbot, Columban zealously practiced the severe discipline of the monastery, leading a life of prayer, ascesis and study.

在他的院长的首肯下，高隆邦以极大的热情实践修道院的刻苦规章---祈祷的生活，苦行和学习。

In today's catechesis we turn to Saint Columban, one of the many Irish monks who contributed to the re-evangelization of Europe in the early Middle Ages.

今天的演讲是为了纪念爱尔兰杰出的，曾在中世纪初期为欧洲福传做出卓越贡献的圣人高隆邦。