A Diocesan Jubilee Year of Hope Pilgrimage to Rome led by Bishop Martin Hayes will take place from Thursday 20 to Wednesday 26 November 2025 inclusive. Daily Mass and Programme of Spiritual Activities planned for each day including Early-Morning Mass at the Tomb of St Peter beneath the High Altar in...

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Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Summer 2025 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.  Bishops welcomed to their meeting Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian...

The  word  May  is  derived  from  the  Greek  Goddess  Maia  who  was  a  goddess  of growth.  May’s  birthstone  is  the  emerald  which  is  in  keeping  with  all  green  growth that  emerges  this  month.  Birth  flowers  for  May  are  lily of the valley  and  hawthorn. At this  time  the  days  are  longer with  warmer  temperature  resulting  in  a ...

The latest issue of the Sharing 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=144

  As part of the diocesan programme for the Jubilee Year of Hope,  Bishop Martin Hayes will be the principal celebrant at Mass on Trinity Island on the shores of Lough Oughter  at 3:00p.m. on Trinity Sunday 15 June 2025 (with the kind permission of the O’Dowd family).  All welcome, particularly people from the parishes...

  The Diocese of Kilmore is recruiting for the position of Diocesan Director of Safeguarding & Training. 6-month initial contract working two days per week initially with possibility of increased hours. This post will be based in Cavan and will require travel around the Diocese of Kilmore. The main duties of the Diocesan Director of...

A wonderful occasion was enjoyed by all in Redhills on Sunday 24 May last for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first Mass at Shannow Wood Mass rock (celebrated by the late Fr Felim McGovern R.I.P.) since Penal Times. A large crowd began the day, in the spirit of the Church’s Jubilee Year...

Bishop Martin Hayes of Kilmore and Episcopal Coordinator of Laudato Si’ has issued the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the publication of the  late Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’: “This week, the tenth anniversary of the publication of the bestselling encyclical letter Laudato Si’ – on care for our common home, is tinged with...