A Prayer for Mother’s Day: God with a mother’s heart, You gather us as your children. You comfort and hold us in your warm embrace. When we hurt, your arms enfold us. When we are afraid, your wings protect us. When we are hungry, you feed us with the bread of life. God with a...

Catholic Grandparents Association 1st Annual Retreat/Conference ​ 26th & 27th April 2017​       THEME – Helping our Children and Grandchildren to know, love and serve God in these highly secularised times Venue – Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght Village  Dublin 24 Day only and overnight ​attendance ​options available  Inspiring talks, lively discussion  ​ ​ – Speakers including...

  EARTH HOUR 2017 Earth Hour will be marked around the world on Saturday 25 March. In Ireland, it will be observed from 8.30pm – 9.30pm. Earth Hour is all about inspiring people to take better care of the planet and in practical terms if means making the effort to turn off lights/power for one...

In this Sunday’s Gospel,  Jesus reveals to a man born blind both the gift of sight and the light of faith which brings salvation.  Furthermore John, great dramatist that he is, presents the story in the light of a great irony, i.e. that those who consider themselves to be living in the light of faith...

Ten students from St. Aidan’s Comprehensive School in Cootehill were presented with their John Paul II Awards for 2016 at a special ceremony in the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Wednesday 21 March last. The awards were presented by Fr. Ultan McGoohan, Diocesan Director of Pastoral Services, assisted by Carina McGinnell, Diocesan Director...

A tired Christ crosses the boundaries of social convention to engage a thirsting soul and in the process comes to touch the  hearts  and minds of an entire  village.  The ‘living water’  he  alone can offer and that can turn into ‘a spring inside’ finds its way into another woman’s heart and from there reaches...

Saint Patrick the Migrant  “Saint Patrick is so emblazoned with symbols of his Irishness that we forget he is an immigrant to Ireland. Not unlike the Holy Family and many families today, he was an undocumented migrant, a refugee, a slave, a member of a diaspora and a returnee. Yet somehow he transcended all of...

SAFETALK TRAINING – Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre – Wednesday 5 April 2017 from 9:30a.m. to 1:00p.m. SAFETALK is a half day training programme that prepares participants to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. These specific skills are called suicide alertness and are taught with the expectation that the...

Second National Collection for the World Meeting of Families 2018  Pope Francis has personally chosen Dublin to be the host diocese for the World Meeting of Families from 21-26 August 2018. Planning for this great national and international celebration of faith is well underway. Hosting this important event requires an enormous amount of planning and...

  The urgent Call for Prayer and Reparation: The Appeal of Our Lady of Fatima The Centennial Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, blessed by Pope Francis on 11th January 2017 will arrive at the Grotto, Ballinaglera, Co. Leitrim, on Sunday 19th March at 6.00 pm with outdoor procession to the Church and public...