A group of 13 ladies, two men and two children visited the convent of the Holy Rosary Sisters in Temple Road, Dublin, laden with music and delicious food to thank the sisters for the work they have done in Africa. The group represented the Women Intercessors for the Church and the Nations, also known as…

The local faith development group in the Diocese of Galway, tSli Chriost, has produced and distributed a May altar leaflet in order to spread knowledge of and devotion to Our Lady through the erection of May altars.  These leaflets have proved popular with parishioners throughout the diocese with homes, schools and churches taking part in…

Sr Clare ‘will live on in lives she has changed’ A priest has spoken of the pride of Derry Catholics amidst the sadness at the tragic death of local nun Sr Clare Crockett, knowing that the sister died in the service of her religious calling. Sr Clare, 33, was confirmed dead this week after a…

A group of lay people, sent as delegates by parishes throughout the Diocese of Elphin, has been in formation and training during the past three months, as part of the development of a Diocesan Eucharistic Adoration Committee. The Diocesan Committee has now been commissioned at a special Mass offered by Bishop Kevin Doran in Abbey Community…

The ‘Marymobile’ which is carrying an icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help on a tour of the cathedrals of Ireland, pictured by members of the Redemptorist team en route to Carlow. The Redemptorists are celebrating the 150th anniversary of devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. See www.followtheicon.ie for tour information.

Thornhill Ministries in Derry is celebrating a ‘Jubilee of Consolation’ with a festival of flowers entitled ‘Dry the Tears’. The festival is being hosted by Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Steelstown Road, Derry on the weekend of May 6-8 and follows on from the vigil to “dry the tears” which Pope Francis is celebrating in…

The family of Cork nurse Karen Buckley, who was murdered in Scotland last year, have thanked their parish priest for being a “rock of support”. In a statement released for her one-year anniversary Mass in Analeentha, Co. Cork her family said they had received thousands of Mass cards, flowers and wreaths from “all over Ireland,…

Archbishop Eamon Martin and Dean Colum Curry presented over 300 young people with the Muiredach Cross Award and the Pope John Paul II Award at the sixth annual Armagh Diocesan Faith Award Ceremony in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh. The Muiredach Cross Award is aimed at the younger school students in the archdiocese as a…

Pop superstar Katy Perry is now free to buy a convent in Los Angeles after a judge ruled against the nuns’ attempt to sell the property to a restaurateur. The hit singer’s offer last year to buy the Roman villa on an eight-acre hilltop estate for $14.5 million (€12.7 million) was rejected by the Sisters…

The three Syrian refugee couples brought to Rome from Greece by Pope Francis have described their experience as being like a dream come true and said they look forward to returning home. The couples and their children were selected with the help of the Sant’Egidio community, and were brought to Rome on the papal plane…