Dublin-based Discovery Gospel Choir, in partnership with development charity Christian Aid, is presenting a series of concerts to mark the ending of slavery in the United States. Under the title ‘Juneteenth: 150 Years of Freedom’ the choir will perform in Dublin, Belfast and Downpatrick in consultation with Dr William Mulligan – senior lecturer of History…

Limerick Redemptorists Fr Seamus Enright and Fr Laurence Gallagher launching a new advertising campaign to invite people to join in celebrating the annual novena in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at Mount St Alphonsus from Friday, June 12 to Saturday, June 20. The campaign involves advertising on Limerick city buses, as well as…

Fr Paul Glennon (41), originally from Dunmore in Co. Galway, being congratulated by his mum and dad John and Mary and Fr Christopher Derwin (32), from Milltown and Rathmines in Dublin, getting best wishes from mum and dad Rita and Christopher after their ordination ceremony in St Mary's Pro Cathedral. Photo: John McElroy

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) has warned that many one-parent families will be “hit hard financially” when the next stage of the Government’s One Parent Family Reform programme is implemented at the beginning of next month. From July 2, families who receive One-Parent Family Payments (OFP), where their youngest child reaches seven…

Union flags were erected outside a Catholic church in east Belfast near the scene of increased violence in recent weeks. The flags were raised outside St Matthew’s Church on the Newtownards Road over the weekend by a group of men in a cherry picker. Houses in the nearly nationalist Short Strand were attacked with paint…

Female deacons should be part of the discussion