Monthly meetings held in Belfast City Hospital or homes (last Wednesday of month). Talks, events, fundraising, retreats, outings. Annual Mass and Blessing of Hands (Nov.) Affiliated nationally. All nurses welcome. Chaplain: Rev Gerard Fox, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB. Tel: 028 9026 3473; Secretary: Pat Boyle, 127 Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT10 0LG. Tel: 028 9028 5521; President: Sheila Harrison; Vice-President: Teresa Donaghy; Treasurer: Geraldine Murray. Annual Pilgrimage to Knock every year in the 1st Sat in May. (Special Nurses Day/Carers Day).

General Information: Shalom House, 12 Cliftonville Road, Belfast, BT14 6JX.

Tel: 028 9035 1230/9035 2257.

Chairman: Mr Thomas Carey, 26 Portglenone Road, Randalstown, BT31 3BE.

Tel: 028 9447 2028.

Secretary: Jim Corr, 23 Downview Park West, BT15 5HP. Tel: 028 9077 9496.

The Cursillo Movement is an international evangelical movement composed of lay people from all walks of life. The movement was founded in Spain by Eduardo Bonnin in the late 1940s, and came to Ireland about 40 years ago, and has been in the diocese since 1989. Its principal remit is to re-Christianise our environment. The members organize 3-Day Cursillos (short courses in Christianity), at present three times a year, lasting from Thursday evening until Sunday evening – sometimes called a “3-Day walk with Christ”. After the weekends, new members are encouraged to Christianise their environments, starting with their home environment, and from there continue their evangelizing on an individual level. The Cursillo has a unique method of helping Christians to continue their walk with Christ after the weekends.

The Cursillo Movement has been given full recognition and approval in a Decree from the Pontifical Council for the Laity on 30th May 2004.

Chairperson: Margaret McKee, 5 Glenpark Street, Belfast, BT14 7DL. Tel: 9035 1841.

Secretary: Hugh Ferrin, 215 Cliftonville Road, Belfast, BT14 6JU.

Spiritual Director: Very Rev. Father Brendan Beagon, P.P.

An International Movement for Married Spirituality. Contact: Deirdre and Declan Kennedy. Tel: 028 9077 8558.

Email: ireland@teams-transatlantic.org Website: www.equipes-notre-dame.com

The Focolare Movement (www.focotare.org) is an international movement, inspired by the gospel, working for unity in all spheres of life. It was founded by Chiara Lubich in 1943 and approved by the Catholic Church in 1962. Its specific aim is that unity which Jesus prayed for. “May they all be one.” (Jn 17:21). By practicing and promoting a Gospel-based life and social projects related to it, the Focolare Movement draws together people from all Christian traditions and from many of the world’s religions, alongside people with no formal faith, who share the aim of building a united world.

Contact: Focolare NI, 24 Piney Hills, Belfast BT9 5NR,

Tel: 90661028. Email: nirlfoc@focolare.ie

 

Koinonia John the Baptist is one of the new ecclesial movements formed within the Catholic Church after Vatican II, a fruit of the Holy Spirit, to promote effective ways in preaching the Gospel in response to the challenges of living in todayís world of changing situations.

Formed in 1979 in Italy, Koinonia has almost 5,000 members world-wide consisting of priests, consecrated brothers and sisters, and lay faithful. A lay community of 80 members now exists in Belfast since October 2001. Koinonia is a community formed in friendship, with a call to evangelise in the power of the Holy Spirit, following the example of John the Baptist who witnessed and pointed to Jesus. Koinonia reaches out to all the people of God, including the young, the not so young and the elderly. Koinonia proposes a New Evangelisation according to current Church teaching, by forming people in a biblical mentality and by laying down the foundations of our faith in ‘new ways, new fervour and new methods’ through prayer, praise and scripture proclamation, the encouragement of ‘Houses of Prayer’ and various courses and training (Philip, Paul, John, Moses, Joshua etc.) Koinonia John the Baptist is also actively engaged in outreaches such as street and door to door evangelisation, city faith festivals, and monthly Jesus Heals meetings.

Co-ordinator: David O’Connor, 14 Glencree Park, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 OQS. Tel: 028 9086 7084. E-mail: oconnor@ntlworld.com

Headquarters – Comitium of Down & Connor, Frank Duff House, 14 Cliftonville Road, Belfast BT14 6JX. Tel/Fax: 028 9074 6626.

President: Joe Drew

Morning Star House (for homeless men) 2-12 Divis St, Belfast BT12 4AL. Tel: 028 9033 3500. Fax: 028 9033 3836. Regina Coeli (for homeless women) 8-10 Lake Glen Ave, Belfast BT11 8FE. Tel: 028 9061 2473. Fax: 028 9061 8823.

The Legion of Mary is a worldwide organisation for lay people which was founded in Dublin in 1922 by Frank Duff to witness to the full teaching of the Holy Roman Catholic Church through prayer and good works. Under the patronage of Our Blessed Lady, we provide the parish priest with a lay organisation who can assist him with spiritual pastoral care of the whole of the parish.

The Legion of Mary is open to all practicing Catholics who wish to advance the mission of the Gospel through active participation in the whole of the parish under the spiritual direction of the Parish Priest.

Our organisation is based on Parish Groups called Praesidia. All Catholics are invited to join us in our work for Our Blessed Lady. If your parish does not have a Praesidium of the Legion of Mary, we will assist in setting one up.

 

The Neo-Catechumenal Way is at the service of the bishops and parish priests as an itinerary for the rediscovery of Baptism and an ongoing education in the faith. This itinerary is lived in parishes and small communities, with the goal of gradually bringing the faithful to an intimacy with Jesus Christ, making them active subjects of the Church and credible witnesses to the Good News. The Way currently has 3 communities in St. Luke’s Parish, Twinbrook. Contact: Martin Moreland, 147 Haypark Avenue, Belfast BT7 3FG. Tel: 028 9020 1961 (home) Mob: 078 2852 1877