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Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine – 9 August 2024

Bishop Martin Hayes invites you to join him and parishioners from throughout the diocese of Kilmore for the annual diocesan pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Friday 9 August 2024, the Feast of St Felim, the Patron Saint of the Diocese. Ceremonies will begin at 2:00p.m. with the outdoor Stations of the Cross and Rosary Procession....

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RELICS OF ST OLIVER PLUNKETT TO VISIT KILMORE DIOCESAN PASTORAL CENTRE

Relics of St. Oliver Plunkett will visit the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Tuesday 25 June 2024. St Oliver Plunkett was born at Loughcrew, near Oldcastle in Co. Meath on 1 November 1625. Having studied at the Irish College in Rome, he was ordained a priest in 1654 and...

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Sharing The Good News EZine – Issue 161 – 13 June 2024

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=90

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Day for Life – Sunday 16 June 2024

Welcoming this year’s message Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin and chairman of the Council for Life of the Irish Bishops’ Conference said, “Far from abandoning people who are living with terminal illness, we need to surround them with the kind of love that enables them to live life as fully and as richly as possible...

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Statement of the Summer 2024 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Summer 2024 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.    Annual Maynooth Union celebrating the vocation of priesthood Bishops offered their prayerful good...

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JOB VACANCY: Primary School Diocesan Advisor

The Diocese of Kilmore is recruiting for the position of Primary School Diocesan Advisor. Initial one-year part-time contract. Working hours will be half a normal school-working week. This post will require travel around the schools in the Diocese of Kilmore in the West Cavan, North Leitrim areas as well as in two parishes in Fermanagh...

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Eco-Congregation Ireland Climate Justice Candle visits Bailieborough

Shine a Light on Climate Justice …  … St. Anne’s Church, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan … St. Anne’s Church, Bailieborough welcomed the Eco-Congregation Ireland Climate Justice Candle and lit it at the beginning of Masses this weekend in St. Anne’s Church, Bailieborough acknowledging the need to shine a light on climate justice and sow seeds of...

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Sharing The Good News EZine – Issue 160 – 6 June 2024

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=88

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Visit of Eco-Congregation Ireland Climate Justice Candle to Cavan Cathedral

  Shine a Light on Climate Justice Bishop Martin Hayes and the Kilmore Care of Creation Group were delighted to host the Eco-Congregation Ireland Climate Justice Candle on Sunday 26 May 2024 at the celebratory Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.   During the week, Catholics from all over the world celebrated the...

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Sharing The Good News EZine – Issue 159 – 30 May 2024

  The latest issue of the Sharing the Good News weekly e-Zine for parishes and dioceses from the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference may be accessed from the following link: www.catholicnews.ie/?na=view&id=87

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