For 20 years, Holy Cross Priory has devoted itself to the apostolate in the heart of Kenya: Nairobi. Located on a crossroads, a point of junction and separation between the residential district of Lavington and the slum of Kawangware, its church and its school welcome rich and poor.
Unite members in the Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast, backed by members of the local Unite Jim Larkin Community branch, are continuing with their work-in despite having been suspended by management.
The work-in began last week, as the latest stage in the campaign to save the hostel from closure. Regina Coeli House is owned by the Legion of Mary, which has decided to sell the property. In early January staff were told that they were being made redundant and that residents would be transferred to other hostels.
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UNITE has called for an urgent meeting with Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey regarding the impending closure of a west Belfast hostel, the only women-only homeless facility in Northern Ireland.