Welcome to the #LivingLent feature of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the Season of Lent 2022. In this feature you will find information on  The Meaning of Lent  Why we receive ashes on Ash Wednesday  Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2022 Pope Francis’ call for Ash Wednesday to be a day of prayer...

Bishops raise awareness about problem of gambling addiction Ahead of Temperance Sunday, this Sunday, the Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative (IBDI) has launched the ‘Leave Your Mark’ podcast, to raise awareness about the impact gambling, drugs and alcohol addiction can have on young people’s lives.  Episode one of this new podcast features a discussion between Tyrone...

KILMORE CARE OF CREATION COMMITTEE Inspired by LAUDATO SI’ Encyclical Letter written by POPE FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME   “We know that technology based on the use of highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas – needs to be progressively replaced without delay”...

KILMORE CARE OF CREATION COMMITTEE Inspired by LAUDATO SI’ Encyclical Letter written by POPE FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME   Going Green – Single Use Plastics (SUP)  ‘An Endemic Scourge’   Pope Francis addresses the issue of an Integral Ecology “Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting...

The February 2022 issue of Sharing the Good News, the newsletter of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for parishes and dioceses, is now available.  You can view or download the issue from the following link: Sharing-the-Good-News-February-2022

  Exploring Priesthood – Zoom with Seminarians and Priests On Tuesday 1st March at 8pm there will be an opportunity for young men to join in on a Zoom to find out more about priesthood and to hear directly from two young men who are currently studying for the priesthood in our National Seminary in...

  The January 2022 issue of Sharing the Good News, the newsletter of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for parishes and dioceses, is now available.  You can view or download the issue from the following link: Sharing-the-Good-News-January-2022

  As part of Catholic Schools Week 2022, Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick, Chair of the Bishops’ Council for Catechetics, recently launched Credible Catholic, a new religious education programme for Catholic Voluntary Secondary School in Ireland.  Credible Catholic aims to stimulate dialogue, encourage reflection and critical reasoning, foster religious literacy, build community, and nurture faith, and...

  The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place from 18 -25 January 2022. The theme chosen for this year is ‘We Saw His Star in the East’. Materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity have been prepared by the churches of the Middle East.  Background to the theme for 2022 – ‘We...

  New synod.ie website launched to support Synodal Pathway A new website – www.synod.ie – has been launched to support engagement with the national synodal pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland. The website provides information about the synodal pathway and the timeline for the work, as well as making available a variety of resources...