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Archbishop Eamon Martin launches Ireland’s digital Advent Calendar
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...
Resources for Praying at Home this Advent 2021
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...
Going Green for Christmas …
… 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,...
Bishops to lead pilgrimage to Knock for televised Mass in memory of those who died during pandemic
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:
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...
Kilmore-native appointed Archbishop of Tuam
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,...
TEMPORARY PART-TIME CARETAKER VACANCY –
Applications are invited for the post of TEMPORARY PART-TIME CARETAKER at the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan to Christmas 2021 in the first instance on a 30-hour per week basis. Successful candidate ideally must have relevant experience, be able to take up appointment immediately and be available for evening and weekend cover, when required. Applications in...
Papal Nuncio visits the Parish of Corlough-Templeport
The Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, His Excellency Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, visited the parish of Corlough-Templeport in West Cavan on Sunday 31 October 2021 on what he called ‘a pilgrimage’ to mark the centenary of the birth of the late Fr. Gregory McGovern S.M.A. who baptised the Archbishop and also gave him his First Holy...
PRAYER FOR COP26 CLIMATE SUMMIT
PRAYER FOR COP26 CLIMATE SUMMIT Blessed are you God of all Creation for through your goodness all things are made. You create us in your image and likeness And call us forth to be stewards of your creation. We seek your forgiveness for we know that we have acted in ways that cause harm to...
Bishop Martin to attend COP26 Conference in Glasgow on behalf of the Irish Church
Bishop Martin to attend COP26 for parishioners working to protect God’s Creation “COP26 will provide an opportunity, in a public way, to renew our care for God’s creation which is an integral part of our Christian vocation” – Bishop Martin Bishop Martin will represent the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference at COP26 in November. COPs...