POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER FOR THE 2022 WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS & REFUGEES Lord, make us bearers of hope, so that where there is darkness, your light may shine, and where there is discouragement, confidence in the future may be reborn. Lord, make us instruments of your justice, so that where there is exclusion, fraternity may...

  The Kilmore Diocesan Youth Ministry is setting up a youth choir in North Leitrim for those aged 12-18. It will run from from September-December.  Contact the Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Francis Keaney, on 086 3977872 if your child is interested. 

The latest edition of the Vocations Matters newsletter published by the National Vocations Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference may be accessed on the diocesan website, www.kilmorediocese.ie 

  Irish Bishops’ “Sharing the Good News” Newsletter – Sign Up Arrangements:    The Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has published the first issue of the new Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses which replaces the former monthly newsletter issued in PDF format.    You can sign up to receive...

 KILMORE CARE OF CREATION Inspired by LAUDATO SI’, the Encyclical Letter written by Pope Francis ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME   Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed in caring for creation! (LS14)   The Kilmore Care of Creation Group celebrated its first year as an established environmental group by visiting ‘The Organic Centre’ in...

  The Irish Bishops’ Conference has published the National Synthesis of the Synodal Process on www.synod.ie.  The Synodal Process has been conducted across the Church in Ireland from Autumn 2021. The publication the National Synthesis is the fruit of a wide-ranging process of listening and consultation drawing on the syntheses produced by the 26 dioceses...

The Season of Creation has a special significance for the Catholic Church, particularly since Pope Francis established 1 September as an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The Season of Creation is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October (Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi) and celebrates the...

 KILMORE CARE OF CREATION Inspired by LAUDATO SI’, the Encyclical Letter written by Pope Francis ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME   BLESSED ARE THE EYES THAT SEE AND THE EARS THAT HEAR! An Intimate Bond – Humanity and Soil “The seed sown in rich soil is someone who hears the word and understands it;...

Upon consultation and reflection upon the pastoral needs of the people of the Diocese of Kilmore, Bishop Martin Hayes has made the following appointments, effective from 3rd September 2022, Very Rev. Donald Hannon, CC Arva to retire. Very Rev. Peter Casey, PP, Kilmore to be CC Drumcor. Very Rev. Oliver O’Reilly, PP Kildallan to be CC...

  The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is an ancient Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood, with the Pope as sovereign.  The specific mission of the Order is that of ‘animating zeal in the ecclesial community towards the Land of Jesus and sustaining the Catholic Church and the Christian presence there’. The Order has...