Former professional footballer Philip Mulryne was ordained a priest for the Dominican Order.
Photo: Philip McShane Former footballer returns to native parish for mission
A former Manchester United footballer who is training to become a Dominican priest will be attending a nine-day mission at a parish in Belfast.
Philip Mulryne, who is originally from St Oliver Plunkett Parish, Lenadoon in Belfast will return for the mission to celebrate the parish’s 40th anniversary.
The mission, led by two Dominican preachers, Fr John Walsh and Fr Ciaran Dougherty, will start on Saturday, April 16 and finish on Sunday, April 24.
There will be a Mass every morning at 10am and a Rosary ceremony and Benediction every evening at 7pm.
More information is available on www.stoliverplunkettparish.ie
Kerry to host ‘Earth Week’
The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation committee for the Diocese of Kerry will host ‘Earth Week’ from Sunday, April 17 to Sunday April 24.
The chosen theme for Earth Week is ‘Loss of Biodiversity’, taken from Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Sí. All parishes are invited to respond to this call by making their grounds and private gardens more environmentally rich.
Fr Sean McDonagh SSC will give a keynote address on The Prophetic Challenge of Ladauto Sí in St Brendan’s Parish Centre, Upper Rock Street, Tralee on Thursday, April 21 at 7.30pm.
Singing friar returns to Ireland
Celebrated Francisan tenor, Friar Alessandro, known as the Voice from Assisi, will perform two Irish charity concerts this month in Athlone and Killarney.
The 34-year-old Italian singer is signed to Decca Records, part of the Universal Music Group, but in keeping with his vow of poverty, all proceeds from the concerts will go to the Franciscan Mission in Zimbabwe.
Friar Alessandro will perform on April 15 at 8pm in St Anthony’s Church, Friary Lane, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
Killarney Cathedral in Co. Kerry welcomes him on April 17 at 8pm. Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance from the church offices or on Eventbrite.ie
1916 memorial to honour priest
A memorial will be unveiled in Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow next Sunday to honour Fr Albert Bibby OFM Cap, Bagenalstown, and Nurse Margaret Kehoe, Leighlinbridge, for their pastoral and medical care of those who fought in 1916.
In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Fr Bibby ministered to a number of rebel prisoners in Kilmainham Gaol and in other locations. Margaret Kehoe was fatally wounded on Easter Monday 1916. She was based in the South Dublin Union, a workhouse built in the mid-19th Century, today home to St James Hospital.
Cllr Denis Foley, Cathaoirleach of the Municipal District of Muinebheag, will officially unveil the Carlow 2016 Memorial for the Municipal District of Muinebheag.
Pic: Philip McShane