When the Congregation of Bon Secours arrived in Belfast 142 years ago this month their leadership could not have envisaged how their sole surviving sister in the city today, Sr Consilia Dennehy, would, more than 100 years later, reimagine their traditional healing charism to meet the particular needs of people during some very dark days…

If the Presbyterian Church in Ireland wants to make history by electing a woman Moderator any time soon, one person likely to be under consideration is Rev. Dr Lesley Carroll, the dynamic and respected minister of Fortwilliam & Macrory Church on the Antrim Road in north Belfast. However, Dr Carroll’s chances of assuming her Church’s…

Sir Desmond Rea, former Policing Board chairman, tells Martin O’Brien it’s time for Northern Ireland to move on

Alban Maginness MLA discusses the importance of his faith

Canon Brian McCluskey shares his fascinating story

“It is really a gift, it shows religion at its best when it is done as a communal act.” The words are those of Fr Michael Murtagh, CSsR, Rector of Clonard Monastery in west Belfast and he is talking about Clonard Solemn  Novena in honour  of Our Lady of Perpetual Help which begins at 6.45am…

Martin O’Brien meets members of the Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration

Britain’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker, speaks of his role