Third car park entrance for Clonoe chapel
21st December 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Third car park entrance for Clonoe chapel
Attempting to make a quick exit from Clonoe chapel car park at the end of Mass can be a weekly source of road rage for many motorists – but Fr Benny Fee has a solution to the problem.
Coalisland parish to launch mobile app
26th November 2012 | By: Fr-Paul-Byrne | 1 Comment »A new app for mobile phone users and a revamped parish website will be launched in Coalisland parish (Ballyclog and Donaghenry) before Christmas.
Historic Coalisland headstones commemorated in Facebook page
15th November 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Historic Coalisland headstones commemorated in Facebook page
A Facebook page featuring photos of some of Coalisland’s oldest graveyard headstones has been set up to commemorate the town’s “forgotten history”.
Coalisland parish proposal to launch African outreach project
23rd July 2012 | By: Fr-Paul-Byrne | Comments Off on Coalisland parish proposal to launch African outreach projectCoalisland parish plans to develop an outreach programme to help a community in Zambia. Fr Paul Byrne discusses the aims and importance of the proposed initiative
Fr Paul Byrne (right) during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, in June
Last February, two sisters from the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa (FMSA) spoke at Masses in the parish about their work in the slums of Lusaka, Zambia.
‘We stand together, united in our determination to reclaim our community’ – Reflection on Coalisland vigil against drugs
7th April 2012 | By: Fr-Paul-Byrne | Comments Off on ‘We stand together, united in our determination to reclaim our community’ – Reflection on Coalisland vigil against drugsCOMMENT Today we gathered together as a community united against the misuse of drugs and other substances.
Pupils celebrate St Brigid’s Day – video
1st February 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Pupils celebrate St Brigid’s Day – video
Youngsters at Kingsisland Primary School were taught how to make St Brigid’s Crosses – pictures and video inside.
Supporting communities after a suicide
22nd March 2011 | By: Coalisland Post | 4 Comments »Co-founder of the Níamh Louise Foundation, James McBennett, is to speak at Coalisland Holy Family Church tomorrow evening. Here he talks about the charity’s message, its breaking of social taboos and the pressures of living through grief so publicly.
JAMES McBennett and his family were rocked by the death of his 15-year-old step-daughter Niamh McKee.
Her sudden death in November 2005 was a seismic shock to the Clonmore community and the surrounding areas.
Not only was her life cut so heartbreakingly short, but she died through suicide.
