Shay Cullen
Father Shay Cullen is an Irish missionary priest and the founder of the PREDA Foundation. He is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban. He was educated near his home at Harold's Boys and the Presentation Brothers in Glasthule, and CBC Monkstown Park.
He helped found PREDA in 1974 along with Alex Corpus Hermoso and Merly Ramirez. This small non-profit organisation has a number of purposes, including the promotion and protection of the human rights of the Filipino people, especially women and children. Cullen is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban.
The Preda Foundation and Cullen were awarded the Human Rights Award from the City of Weimar in 2000. Preda cooperates closely with international legal tribunals, Interpol and the UN Commission on Human Rights. In 2017, Cullen was awarded with the Martin Buber plaque at the Euriade, the international festival for dialogue.
