Sincere sympathy is extended to the family and confrères of the late Fr Niall Greene C.S.Sp, a native of Kinawley and member of the Spiritan Community in Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath, who died unexpectedly on Wednesday 10 December last. Bishop Martin Hayes and clergy from the Diocese of Kilmore concelebrated Fr Niall’s funeral Mass...

  WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS Housing displaced Common Swifts (Apus Apus) Swifts are the ultimate aerial acrobats.  They are known for spending almost their entire life flying, eating, sleeping, and even mating in the air.  They are a summer visitor to Ireland, arriving in late April / early May and migrating to Africa for...

THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINTS PATRICK & FELIM ENGAGES IN THE ‘ASH FOR FUTURE’ PROJECT Saving our native ash trees (Fraxinus Excelsior) from Ash Dieback Members of the Kilmore Care of Creation Group , Patricia Keenan, Barry  Kavanagh and Anne McCabe with Dheeraj Rathore and Ricardo Pimenta from the An Teagasc ‘Ash for Future’ Research Project...

Bishop Martin Hayes celebrated Mass in the Chapel of Loughan House on Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, Sunday 14 December last, to coincide with the Jubilee of Prisoners which took place that day throughout the Church worldwide as part of the Jubilee of Hope and in communion with Pope Leo celebrating Mass in...

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week for their Winter 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 reflected that, earlier this week on 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Universal Catholic...

Information on the Autumn-Winter 2025  Faith Renewal Programme at Knock may be accessed at the following link: www.kilmorediocese.ie/autumn-winter-faith-renewal-programme-at-knock-2025/?swcfpc=1

  Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn 2025 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.    On the first day, Archbishop Martin celebrated Mass as Gaeilge in Saint Mary’s Oratory,...

Care of Creation Harvest Celebrations in St. Michael’s Church and St. Mary’s Church, Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim: This weekend saw ‘gifts in abundance’ laid at the altars of St. Mary’s and St. Michael’s Churches in Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim.  During the celebratory Masses, beautiful displays of fruits of the fields and hedges, produce from gardens and tunnels and...

Kilmore Care of Creation Group are working in partnership to give nature a helping hand on the grounds of The Conaty Centre, Cavan.   The Tiny Forest Initiative entered its second phase last Saturday morning with the preparation of a 5 square metre site for planting with native trees.  This LEADER funded initiative saw a good...

Kilmore Delegates at Recent Pre-Synodal Assembly in Kilkenny:  Seán Coll, Martina Gilmartin, Saoirse O’Reilly, Savina Donohoe, Jamie Finnigan, and Bishop Martin Hayes Photo courtesy of John McElroy Photography Over 230 delegates from parishes, dioceses, religious orders and lay associations, from across the island of Ireland, attended the Pre-Synodal Assembly in Kilkenny on Saturday 18 October...