Recent festivals have shown interest in using venues not connected with Queen's University itself. Clonard Monastery has become a favourite for concerts of a larger or even spiritual dimension. But I ...

THE Clonard Novena returns with in-person masses this week following two years of virtual services due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but there will be a reduction in the number of sessions per day.

For more than a century, Clonard Monastery has stood in the heart of west Belfast and like many old buildings, it fell victim to the ravages of time. But now a four-year multi-million pound ...

The annual Clonard Novena in Belfast will return this week with in-person masses for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. The nine-day Catholic religious event in west Belfast attracts around ...

THE Clonard Novena is to take to the streets of west Belfast next week. The "Novena on the streets" will see pilgrims gather at 7pm each night for prayer and the offering of petitions around an icon ...

Redemptorist Father John Hanna in the library of Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which hosted the peace talks leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. (Credit: Claire Giangravè.) ...

A FAKE nun has been banned by a judge from entering a monastery for four years after disrupting several services with her bizarre behaviour. Rachel Mulcahy is now subject to an injunction due to the ...

She later said three “Hail, Marys” and an “Our Father” to repent. An Irish woman posing as a nun got banned from a monastery for her antics. The Belfast Telegraph reports how Rachel Mulcahy disrupted ...

A Belfast church whose priests played a pivotal role in the peace process is undergoing major renovations. The Redemptorist priests of Clonard Monastery hope to have the face-lift completed for the ...

Rachel Mulcahy, a “fake nun” who has been spotted dancing in the streets of Dublin and Belfast in recent weeks, has been served an injunction to stay at least 150 yards away from Clonard Monastery in ...