Tuesday 12 March 2024 marked the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the iconic building which served as the original Saint Patrick’s College in Cavan and is now the base for the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre. Bishop Martin Hayes was the principal celebrant of a special Mass in the Cathedral of Saint Patrick & Saint Felim,...

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Following a request from the Universal Synod in Rome, each diocese was tasked to conduct a consultation based on this question: How can we imagine the life of the Church in Ireland where people are co-responsible for the Church’s mission in different ways?    The responses from the 26 dioceses in Ireland will be reviewed and...

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=76

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=75

  CARE FOR CREATION AND BUILD A BETTER WORLD The Laudato Si’ 5 week training programme commencing in April 2024 will equip you with the knowledge and skills to become a certified Laudato Si’ Animator in your parish community.  To learn more and to register: www.laudatosianimators.org

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=74

Bishop Martin’s Statement on the Centenary of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary – 7th March 2024: We give thanks today as we celebrate the Centenary of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (MSHR’s).  The pioneering members of the MSHR’s were among the first women missionary...

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week for their Spring 2024 General Meeting in Columba Centre of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin. The main issues discussed by bishops during their meeting included: ‘Let...

  On the second day of the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Maynooth, bishops call for an urgent and complete ceasefire in Gaza, and an immediate end to the daily horror of killing, wounding and destruction of property in the Holy Land.  Please see the statement of the Bishops’ Conference...