"Will virtual ministry become part of the post-pandemic landscape, and will this be a good move for your church?" ask the Mater Dei research team.

Fr Michael Router’s elevation to the hierarchy was announced by Pope Francis in May this year. The 54-year-old Cavanman will be appointed the titular bishop of Lugmad.

The Adult Religious Education and Faith Development (AREFD) research project is set to run for the next three years following a major grant by the north-east province of the Presentation Sisters.

Guest speakers at the event will be Trócaire’s head of policy and advocacy, Lorna Gold, and the former president of Mater Dei, Fr Dermot Lane.

The vehicle was donated to the charity to help its work with homeless families.

“It is no longer financially sustainable or prudent for the diocese to retain a property of this size and scale, which is no longer fit for its purposes”.

The crisis of homelessness and poverty persists right across our diocese and our country

According to Finola Kennedy, the Legion of Mary founder sought to help unmarried mothers, not stigmatise them, and he was opposed to separating mothers from their children.

The Diocesan Council of Priests sees the report as an opportunity for deep reflection “rather just a focus on stark statistics” - Fr Gareth Byrne.

Anniversary is also a time to review, to recommit to renewal and to discern what the Spirit today is saying to the Church.

In the current debates about Catholic schools there is often so much emphasis on ownership and rights to ownership from the Church side.

Politicians and theologians grapple with Laudato Si at the National Conference on Climate Change and the Environment in Balally.