50 The number of homeless and poor people led by Rome’s St Lucia parish, with financial assistance from Pope Francis, on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin on June 4. Parish priest Fr Antonio Nicolai said the Pope offered help to the pilgrims with “the conviction that, like the shroud, they represented the…

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…

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…

There was a large turnout of parishioners, family and friends in Kilcullen Parish Centre, Co. Kildare for the celebration of Fr Niall Mackey’s golden jubilee. Following a concelebrated Mass with Bishop Eamonn Walsh, Fr Martin Harte and Fr Eugene Rybansky from River Valley Parish, there was a reception in the parish centre where presentations were…

As part of a range of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of Corrymeela – Northern Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organisation – the Voices Together Choir will perform a unique musical event at Clonard Monastery, Belfast on Sunday, June 14 at 3pm. Voices Together will be joined by the Jubilate! Chamber Choir and a number…

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…

Marian shrine recognised as top performing tourist attraction