The following pastoral letter Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes has been published by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference to inform people of faith and goodwill who wish to protect and support human life with dignity and compassion, especially in the last weeks of terminal illness.  “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded...

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  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=91

  The Kilmore Care of Creation Group had a busy and enjoyable week raising awareness and promoting action on ‘Care for Our Common Home’.  We participated in the Cavan PPN Community Showcasing on Thursday evening, 13 June last, and joined them in their tenth anniversary celebrations.  This was an opportunity for all of the local...

  Bishop Martin Hayes will ordain Reverend Jordan Mac Gabhann to the priesthood next Sunday, 23 June 2024, in the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, Cavan, at 3:00p.m. He will celebrate his First Mass of Thanksgiving in St Mary’s Church, Staghall (Parish of Drumlane), on Monday 24 June 2024, the Solemnity of the...

Bishop Martin Hayes invites you to join him and parishioners from throughout the diocese of Kilmore for the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Friday 9 August 2024, the Feast of St Felim, the Patron Saint of the Diocese. Ceremonies will begin at 2:00p.m. with the outdoor Stations of the Cross and Rosary Procession....

Relics of St. Oliver Plunkett will visit the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Tuesday 25 June 2024. St Oliver Plunkett was born at Loughcrew, near Oldcastle in Co. Meath on 1 November 1625. Having studied at the Irish College in Rome, he was ordained a priest in 1654 and...

  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=90

Welcoming this year’s message Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin and chairman of the Council for Life of the Irish Bishops’ Conference said, “Far from abandoning people who are living with terminal illness, we need to surround them with the kind of love that enables them to live life as fully and as richly as possible...

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Summer 2024 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.    Annual Maynooth Union celebrating the vocation of priesthood Bishops offered their prayerful good...