This week, Julieann Moran, General Secretary of The Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland, reflects on the experience of the disciples when the risen Christ breathed new life into them and how each of us is called to welcome God’s breath, God’s Spirit, upon us and within us; to let ourselves be changed...

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  Laudato Si’ Week, May 21st – 28th 2023 celebrates the 8th Anniversary of the publication by Pope Francis of his encyclical on Care for our Common Home.  The guiding theme this year is “Hope for the Earth. Hope for humanity”.  There is hope. Pope Francis calls us to develop a “loving awareness” of this home...

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=37  

This Sunday, David Rose, the Secretary General of AMRI (the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland), reflects on the Ascension of the Lord and the mission Jesus gave to his Apostles: a broad and inclusive mission that will place them outside their comfort zones, beyond their own borders, beyond what is familiar;...

Relics of St. Oliver Plunkett will visit the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Tuesday 23 May 2023. The relics will arrive at the Centre for a Liturgical Welcome celebrated by Bishop Martin Hayes at 10:00a.m. and will be available for veneration until 10:00p.m. that evening. There will be a...

Abortion: Changing the Narrative – A Statement of the Irish Catholic Bishops: At Masses this weekend, dioceses will be remembering in prayer in a special way unborn children, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the referendum which repealed the equal right to life of the unborn and that of mother.   Five years on from the...

This week’s Synodal Sunday reflection is offered by Toni Pyke, the Justice, Peace and Ecology Coordinator at AMRI (the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland). Toni reflects on Jesus’ promise that the Father would send His Spirit who would be there to help and guide us even when we feel hopeless or doubt the...