The Spiritual Accompaniment Ministry is a one-to-one confidential service inviting individuals to explore the meaning of their lives within a faith context.  It seeks to help participants meet God in the ordinary and everyday experiences of life. Anyone wishing to avail of the skills of a trained lay spiritual director to accompany them on their...

Archbishop Eamon Martin and the other Church leaders in Ireland invite all people of goodwill to join them in prayer during the Service of Reflection and Hope which will be broadcast live from St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh on RTE and BBC television networks on Thursday, 21 October 2021 at 11 a.m. The...

World Mission Sunday is the Holy Father’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support so that the life-giving work of overseas mission and missionaries can continue. It always falls on the second last Sunday in October, meaning this year it will be celebrated on Sunday 24 October. This year’s theme ‘We Cannot Remain Silent – We...

  Over the coming weeks, the Diocese of Kilmore will host a series of conversations about what God wants of his people at this time.  These conversations on our future in faith, will involve all the parish pastoral councils in the diocese as well as the wider community and will help to determine pastoral priorities...

Our Conversation on Our Future in Faith Bishop Martin has initiated a conversation in the Diocese of Kilmore on our future in faith which will help to determine pastoral priorities for the diocese in the time ahead.  This conversation arises from Pope Francis’ invitation to Catholics worldwide to voice their experiences, dreams, ideas and concerns...

Bishop Martin and the Diocesan Laudate Si Committee were not deterred by inclement weather conditions in their plans to plant a tree in the grounds of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre to mark the 2021 Season of Creation.

    Statement of the Autumn 2021 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference   Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered in-person this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn 2021 General Meeting.   Due to public health restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bishops’ Conference had hosted its previous...

Season of Creation Planting –  St. Naile’s Church, Kinawley Fr. Maurice McMorrow (P.P., Kinawley-Killesher) and Patricia Keenan, (Chairperson, Kilmore Diocesan Laudato Si’ Group) After celebrating the end of the Season of Creation with Mass at 10.30am on Sunday 3rd October 2021, a purple beech tree and daffodil bulbs were planted on the grounds of Kinawley Church. There...

The 2021 Kilmore Diocesan Safeguarding Newsletter may be accessed from the following link:  Kilmore Diocesan Safeguarding Newsletter 2021  

The September 2021 edition of Sharing the Good News, the monthly magazine of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference for dioceses and parishes, has just been published. It can be downloaded from the following link: SHARING-THE-GOOD-NEWS-SEPTEMBEr-2021