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=54

Fr Kieran McDermott reflects on this Sunday’s Gospel which surfaces the centrality of prayer in synodality and the invitation from God to all the baptised to become involved, using the variety of gifts given to us as a community and individually. Fr Kieran is the Administrator of St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and the Vicar Forane for...

      Alpha Adult Faith Programmes will run in three parishes in the Diocese of Kilmore this Autumn as follows:  Carrigallen:   Thursday 5th October from 7.30pm to 9pm in The Kilbracken Arms, Main St, Carrigallen Castlerahan:   Thursday 5th October from 8pm to 9.30 pm in Castlerahan Community Centre Manorhamilton:  Thursday 17th October from 7.30pm...

In recent months, the main entrances to the front and side of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan have been restored to their former glory with the assistance of a significant and greatly-appreciated grant from the Heritage Council under the 2023 Community Heritage Grant Scheme. The doors in question are the original ones dating...

Irish bishops welcome Pope Francis’ new exhortation on the environment Laudate Deum (Praise God): On the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron of the environment, the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference – gathered in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn General Meeting – welcomed the publication by Pope Francis of his new Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate...

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn 2023 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.  During the meeting, Mass was offered in the College Chapel for the Synod on...

On 4 October, 2023, Pope Francis published an apostolic exhortation as a complement and update to his encyclical Laudato Si’ – on Care for Our Common Home. ‘Laudate Deum’ is addressed to all people of good will on the climate crisis. The document may be accessed at the following link:  www.laudatedeum.online/laudate-deum-english/ .

  Faith Renewal Events at Knock Shrine:   ‘What do we know about Jesus?’ Adult Faith Formation Course with Fr Eugene Duffy. Beginning 3rd October and running for 8 weeks on Tuesday evenings at 8pm. Booking required on Eventbrite (see knockshrine.ie for direct link to book)   ‘Joining in the Synod: A weekly update on the proceedings...

  XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Opens:  “Let us open ourselves to Him, the protagonist, the Holy Spirit. And let us walk with Him, in trust and with joy.” The 16th Ordinary General Synod of Bishops on the theme For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission opened this morning with the celebration...

  An opportunity for those who would like to find out more about the real-life experience of priestly life and what seminary formation is like. This “Come and See” weekend will take place in the National Seminary in Maynooth on 18-19 November 2023 and provide those attending the opportunity to meet seminarians and priests and...