GAVIN T. MURPHY :: An experience at the once Jesuit church in Ballymun triggered the author to follow a path of inclusivity which will not stop at the World Meeting of Families in August.

The Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass is taking its summer break after a busy year which included a televised mass for RTE, appearances at Farmleigh House and the Irish Premiere of the Poverty Requiem, as well as the recent end-of-year concert for the Simon Community. The Gospel Mass will return at Ballymun’s Virgin Mary Church on 14 September at 7pm. Auditions ...

The Ballymun Gospel Choir and Band is scheduled to perform at a special event to highlight the plight of homeless people and the work of the Dublin Simon Community. It will take place at St Anne’s Church, Dawson Street, on Saturday 14 June at 8.00pm. Dublin Simon offers homeless people a ‘continuum of care’, from soup runs and emergency shelter ...

Raquel Martins who is a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Community (JVC) in Ballymun, is having a fund-raiser on the 30th of April at 7pm. To raise funds for this year’s Slí Eile trip to Zambia, she is hosting a dance night in the Floridita Club, Life Irish Mall, on Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. The evening, which runs from ...