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Spiritual Transformation Programme

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...

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Accord Catholic Marriage Care Service seeking marriage preparation course facilitators

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...

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Ministers of the Word gather in Diocesan Pastoral Centre

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.  

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Bishop Donal McKeown welcomes Pope Francis’ Christ is Alive

  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...

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Christ is Alive – Pope Francis’ Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to Young People and the Entire People of God – March 2019

“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),...

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Faithcast – Episode 37

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...

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Sharing the Good News – Issue 50 – March 2019

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...

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Transforming our Understanding of our Faith with Laudato Si’

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...

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Faithcast, Episode 36

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...

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Faithcast – Episode 35

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...

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