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=64

The Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre will be closed to the public for the Christmas and New Year break from 4:00p.m. on Wednesday 20 December 2023 and will re-open at 9:00a.m. on Monday 8 January 2024. With every good wish for a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year to you all. The picture of the...

Tuesday 12 March 2024 will mark the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the iconic building which served as the original Saint Patrick’s College, Cavan (up to its relocation to the new college building in 2012) and now houses the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre since 2005. Bishop Martin Hayes will be the principal celebrant of a...

“Hear Angels Cry” Initiative: The Friends of the Holy Land Organisation based in Kenilworth in the United Kingdom has produced a Christmas song which it hopes will inspire many people throughout the world to pray in solidarity for reconciliation and peace in the Holy Land. In a departure from the traditional festive decorations and Christmas...

Celebrating Priesthood in the Diocese of Kilmore in this Year of Prayer for Vocations (12):  My husband died suddenly of a heart attack in 2006 leaving me a widow with two teenage sons, one of whom has autism and learning difficulties. The curate in our parish was away the night my husband died, and unable...

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=63

Winter 2023 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference:  Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for its Winter 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 their meeting, bishops...

On Thursday 30 November last.  Rev. Jordan Mac Gabhann who hails from Ardue, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, was ordained as a deacon for the Diocese of Kilmore by Bishop Martin Hayes. Jordan, an only son of Majella Smith, attended primary school in Greaghrahan NS and second level school in St. Bricin’s College, Belturbet. A keen traditional...