About 2,800 young people from Co. Donegal, Derry City, Co. Derry and Co. Tyrone attended the annual Fan the Flame Mass in Celtic Park, Derry for children who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Diocese of Derry during the past year. The main celebrant was Bishop Donal McKeown. The Long Tower Folk Group…
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Helping teens connect to parish life
Mags Gargan meets participants in a post-Confirmation parish programme which keeps young people connected to the Church
Large crowd attends Ballymena gathering
The annual ‘round-table gathering’ hosted by All Saints Church in Ballymena, Co. Antrim attracted a large crowd to the parish centre to discuss the topic of ‘Living Faith: Go Proclaim the Gospel’. The keynote speaker was journalist and teacher, Breda O’Brien, who looked at practical ways in which people can live out what Pope Francis…
National celebration in honour of St Oliver
The annual celebration to commemorate St Oliver Plunkett in Drogheda on July 5 will commence with the procession of a first class relic of St Oliver from Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove (south of the river Boyne) at 3pm and proceed three kilometres to the National Shrine of St Oliver in St Peter’s Church, West Street,…
Co. Wexford parish to celebrate bicentenary
This summer the Parish of Horeswood Ballykelly in Co. Wexford is hosting two significant events. The celebration of the bicentenary of St Brigid’s Church in Ballykelly will take place at 11.30am on Sunday, June 28 with a Mass of thanksgiving celebrated by Bishop Denis Brennan. The bishop will also plant a tree to mark the…
Sharing the joy of church music ministry
The primary music maker at Mass should be the congregation, Ian Callanan tells Mags Gargan
Tributes paid to Bishop Flynn
Tributes have been paid to the former Bishop of Achonry, Bishop Thomas Flynn, who died last week after nearly 60 years of service to the Church. In his homily at the funeral Mass in Cathedral of the Annunciation and Saint Nathy in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Bishop Brendan Kelly said the word most often used to…
Campaign to save Dominican church continues apace
Supporters to undertake a 40-mile walk to the order’s headquarters in Dublin to present a 22,000 signature petition
Maynooth joy as nine are ordained to the diaconate
Pictured in maynooth are (standing from left): Fr Michael McCullagh, Rev. Conor McGee, Fr Michael Mullaney, Rev. Kevin Malcolmson, Msgr Hugh Connolly, Rev. Vincent Stapleton, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Rev. Michael Geraghty, Rev. Damien Quigley, Rev. Patrick Nugent, Rev. Noel Weir, Fr Paul Prior, Fr Willie Reynolds and Fr Michael Collins. (Seated from left) Rev. John…
Meath parish celebrates diocesan patron
The Parish of Clonard, Coarlstown, Kinnegad and The Downs will celebrate the life of St Finnian, patron saint of the Meath diocese, on June 7 with a pilgrimage and outdoor Mass. The pilgrimage will begin at St Etchen’s school Kinnegad at 12.45pm and proceed along the old R148 road to Ard na Reilige, Clonard –…