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...

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 36 of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Bishop Dermot Farrell, Bishop of Ossory about his Lenten pastoral letter on finding a pathway for...

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 35 of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, about how we can #LiveLent 2019 and about...

The St Michael’s Pastoral Area (comprising of the parishes of Drumgoon, Kill-Drung and Laragh) participated in a mid-term review of pastoral council activity in their parishes at a meeting with members of the Diocesan Pastoral Centre team in Cootehill recently.

Archbishop Eamon Martin encourages the faithful to #LiveLent 2019 –  Archbishop Eamon Martin has launched a special web resource, and a Twitter and Instagram #LiveLent initiative, for Lent 2019, which begins on Ash Wednesday 6 March. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence. Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in...

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS  FOR LENT 2019 “For the creation waits with eager longing  for the revealing of the children of God” (Rm 8: 19) Dear Brothers and Sisters Each year, through Mother Church, God “gives us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed… as...