Come and See – Vocation Discernment Retreat – May 2019:  The next COME AND SEE retreat will be held in St. Patrick’s College Maynooth, on the weekend of the 18/19 May 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyW7WaEluNs&t=01s If you would like to take part in the retreat or you are considering the priesthood as a vocation, please contact Fr. Ultan...

Pastoral Assistant Required For the Annalee Pastoral Area:  This Pastoral Area consists of the Parishes of Annagh (Belturbet), Castletara (Ballyhaise) and Drumlane in the Diocese of Kilmore. The successful candidate will be employed on a fixed term contract and will be required to: Work in conjunction with the Priests, Teachers and Pastoral Councils and each...

Spiritual Transformation aims to help Catholics to become “spiritually fit” by developing a balanced life of prayer and healthy living. A daily reflection will be sent to you every morning setting you up for the day. So sign up and join people across Ireland who are transforming their lives everyday with our daily Lenten reflections...

Accord Catholic Marriage Care Service is currently recruiting volunteers to train as marriage preparation course facilitators. Accord is seeking applications from those who have a positive attitude towards marriage in the Catholic Church and the enthusiasm to be part of a team supporting couples who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. Accord Catholic Marriage...

There was a very good attendance from across the diocese at the Formation Evening for Ministers of the Word – both current and new – which took place on Tuesday 2 April 2019 in the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre.  The evening was facilitated by Fr. Ultan McGoohan, Diocesan Director of Pastoral Services.  

  Today Pope Francis published his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to young people and to the entire People of God, entitled Christus vivit (Christ is Alive), now available on www.catholicbishops.ie.  It is the considered fruit of planning, consultation and over three weeks of deliberation involving senior representatives of Bishops’ Conferences from around the world who attended the Synod in the...

“Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world.  The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!”. Thus begins the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Christus vivit (Christ is alive),...

Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news from the Catholic Church in Ireland.   In episode 37 of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Bishop William Crean about his Lenten Pastoral Letter entitled ‘What are you doing on Sunday?’. The faith...

Issue 50 of Sharing the Good News, is now available.  The March 2019 issue includes the following articles and news snippets:   Ø  Archbishop Eamon Martin encourages the faithful to #LiveLent 2019 Ø  Archbishop Diarmuid Martin presides at a service of silence and prayerful reflection in a gesture of solidarity with the people of New Zealand and...

Transforming our Understanding of our Faith with Laudato Si’ – The Northern Ireland Catholic Council on Social Affairs (NICCOSA), in collaboration with the Council for Justice and Peace and the Laudato Si’ Working Group of the Council for Catechetics of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, are hosting a day on transforming our understanding of our faith...