We’ve become used to speaking of a ‘vocations crisis’ in Ireland. It’s a challenging era for many religious communities, but Silverstream Benedictine Priory in Co. Meath has a unique challenge: “We don’t have any room to accept the many new candidates we’re getting vocation inquiries from,” Dom Mark Daniel Kirby says. There are currently five…

Alexandra Keery discovers that a quiet place on a Belfast street is the answer to prayer for people of all faiths

God assumed a human nature to accomplish our salvation, writes Cathal Barry

Bishop Kevin Doran tells Cathal Barry he intends to work closely with the people of the Elphin diocese

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…

The title Lord indicates the divinity of God, writes Cathal Barry

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…

On his retirement Bishop Christy Jones talks to Mags Gargan about his ministry

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

Alexandra Keery meets a nun dedicated to sustainability