Bishop Leo O’Reilly recently convened the first meeting of the new Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Council which will serve for a term of four years. He welcomed the new members and thanked them for their willingness to participate on the Council which is consultative and advisory in nature.  He explained that the Council, which was first...

As part of the preparations for the World Meeting of Families, a special petition box will visit every parish in the diocese. It will be available in each parish from the assigned Saturday evening until the following Friday. During that time each parish can decide whether to leave the box in the parish church or...

      From today, and every week, the Catholic Communications Office will issue a double-sided newsletter Choose Life 2018 for circulation. Choose Life 2018 promotes the Church’s position on unborn human life and encourages family discussion on this important issue. Issue One is attached.

Looking after your mental health at Christmas:  The Christmas and New Year period is a particularly vulnerable time for people and there is evidence of an increase in self-harm presentations to emergency departments during this time. For more information, please see: www.yourmentalhealth.ie/mind-yourself/good-mental-health/feel-well/christmas/  SUPPORT SERVICES     Call 999 if it is a crisis.     Your GP will...

Christmas & New Year Arrangements – The Diocesan Pastoral Centre will be closed to the public from 12:30p.m. on Thursday 21 December 2017 and will re-open at 9:00a.m. on Monday 8 January 2018. The Centre Team wish you and yours every blessing this Christmas time and throughout the New Year.

  Ex Umbra in Lucem – Diocesan Pastoral Centre prepares for Christmas:  A beautiful ecumenical service was held in the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre on Monday 4 December last to mark the beginning of the season of Advent, preparing for the great feast of Christmas. The traditional service of Lessons and...

KILMORE DIOCESAN PASTORAL CENTRE LAUNCHES “BACK TO THE OLD ST. PAT’S” FUNDRAISING EVENT 2018 –    Seán Gallagher, the well-known entrepreneur, columnist and speaker, launched a fundraising event for the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan at a special event in the Centre last Thursday evening in the presence of former presidents, principals,staff and students...

This evening, Seán Gallagher, the well-known entrepreneur, columnist and speaker, will launch a fundraising event for the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan. The event, called “Back to the Old St. Pat’s”, will take place in the grounds of the Centre on Sunday 6 May 2018 and it is hoped that as many former students...

EX UMBRA IN LUCEM – FROM SHADOW INTO LIGHT: There will be an Advent Service of Readings and Carols in the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan, on Monday 4 December 2017 at 7:30p.m. led by the Lassus Scholars and their director, Dr. Ite O’Donovan with Simon Harden as organist.  As...

SUCCESSFUL LITURGY WORKSHOP IN GLENFARNE: There was a large attendance at the recent Liturgy Workshop held in St. Michael’s National School in Glenfarne last Tuesday night. Fr. Turlough Baxter, CC Athlone and a priest of the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, facilitated the workshop which was on the theme of preparing for Advent and Christmas. ...