Here in the Diocese of Kilmore, our parishes have been very busy hosting conversations.  These conversations are based on a series of questions about our faith into the future. The process began by Parish Pastoral Councils reflecting, discerning and giving their detailed feedback and then in turn engaging with a wide diversity of groups in...

The November issue of Sharing the Good News, the newsletter of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for parishes and dioceses, is now available.  The November issue features the following articles:  Archbishop Eamon Martin’s homily from the Mass of Remembrance in Knock Shrine Pope Francis’ appointment of Bishop Francis Duffy as Archbishop of Tuam  Trócaire’s launch of...

Winter 2021 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference   In accordance with public health guidance to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered remotely this week for their Winter 2021 General Meeting via video-link, instead of the usual location at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth.  Although the Autumn 2021...

Parishioners in Bailieborough helped plant 2,500 spring bulbs in the grounds of St. Anne’s Church recently and now look forward to seeing the grounds come to life again in the Spring. The project was organised by the Green Group in the parish which believes that caring for the earth is part of our Christian mission....

Archbishop Eamon Martin recently launched the 2021 interactive digital Advent Calendar, which will go live on www.catholicbishops.ie on the first Sunday of Advent, 28 November next. Now in its eighth year, the unique digital Advent Calendar offers resources for the parish, school and for families which can be accessed behind a virtual door each day during...

  The Northern Pastoral Network (comprising of the Archdiocese of Armagh and the Dioceses of Clogher, Derry, Down & Connor, Dromore, Kilmore and Raphoe) has prepared another simple resource for prayer at home during Advent this year which can be accessed at the following link: NPN Advent Resource 2021 The resource can now be downloaded...

… Some ideas from the Kilmore Care of Creation Group, Inspired by Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter LAUDATO SI’ – On Care for Our Common Home   GOING GREEN THIS CHRISTMAS!   “Learning how to live wisely, to think deeply and to love generously” (Laudato Si’ 47)   Where possible shop local: If you spend local,...

The Bishops of Ireland will undertake a pilgrimage to the International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine in Knock this Sunday, 14 November, to offer Mass for those who have been bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic, and will offer prayers for the repose of the souls of those who have died during this time. The bishops’ national...

STATEMENT ISSUED BY BISHOP MARTIN HAYES ON THE APPOINTMENT OF BISHOP FRANCIS DUFFY AS THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM: I wish to congratulate Bishop Francis Duffy, the former bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, who has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Catholic Archbishop of Tuam. In giving thanks for his contribution to the Kilmore Diocese and his neighbourly...

His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Francis Duffy, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, as the new Archbishop of Tuam.  The news of this appointment was made public on Wednesday morning, 10 November 2021, at 11.00am Irish time (12.00pm in the Vatican). The Archbishop-elect was born on 21 April 1958 in the parish of Templeport,...