Easter is the heart of our faith — a time of great joy and renewal for our parish communities. As we enter into Lent, we begin a journey of spiritual preparation. But we also prepare our parishes and our liturgies to celebrate the great feast of the Resurrection well.    On Saturday, 7th March, a...

Details of the 2026 Pioneer Lenten Challenge may be accessed from the following link: www.kilmorediocese.ie/pioneer-lenten-challenge-2026/?swcfpc=1  

As we prepare for Lent, Bishop Martin Hayes invites the people of the Diocese of Kilmore to take part in Baptised & Sent, a faith resource offered through the Irish Synodal Pathway.   Baptised & Sent encourages all baptised people to reflect on the meaning of their Baptism and to consider how they are called to live and share their faith...

  Our 9th Annual Safeguarding Sunday will take place throughout the diocese on the weekend of the 14th/15th February 2026. We hope to create a greater awareness of safeguarding in our parishes and diocese and to acknowledge the great contribution of the faithful in ensuring that our diocesan safeguarding policies are implemented. The recently-published Diocesan...

Members of the Kilmore Care of Creation Group, John Paul II Award participants and local community groups from across County Cavan met on the grounds of The Conaty Centre in Cavan on Saturday 7 February 2026 to complete Phase 3 of the CCLD LEADER funded ‘Tiny Forest’ initiative. The community volunteers planted one hundred native...

Most Rev. Martin Hayes, Bishop of Kilmore, announces confirmation of the following diocesan appointments, effective from Monday 2nd March 2026: Very Rev. Fr Thomas McManus retired PP Drumkeeran to be Priest in Residence in Arva, Killeshandra Parish. Very Rev. Fr. Martin Gilcreest P.P. Laragh also to be Administrator of Lavey Parish. Very Rev. Fr. Peter Okpetu...

Leitrim County Council is proud to highlight the success of the Return to Nature project, a landmark 2025 initiative that brought local parishes and communities together to restore and enhance biodiversity across church grounds throughout County Leitrim. Funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service Local Biodiversity Action Fund and Leitrim County Council, and supported by the...

On Wednesday 21 January last, Bishop Martin Hayes was the principal celebrant of a special Mass in St Ninnidh’s Church, Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh, to mark Catholic Schools Week.  Fr Gerard Alwill (PP Knockninny and Member of the Board of Governors of St Aidan’s High School in Derrylin), Fr Andrew Tully (PP Killeshandra and Chaplain to...

Pews Before Pints: Forty Churches, Three Lads, and a Year of Sundays How a Sunday morning adventure turned Mass into an experience worth waking up for On RTÉ Radio 1 recently, Oliver Callan interviewed three young men, Luke Doogue, Neil and Stephen Patterson on their experience of putting “pews before pints” in their own lives. ...

  Prayer with the Religious Sisters of the Kilmore Diocese in St Clare’s Church, Cavan, on Sunday 1 February 2026 at 4:30p.m.  This is an opportunity to prayerfully celebrate the presence and ongoing contribution of the Religious Sisters of the Loreto, Mercy, Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary and St Clare congregations among us. All...