Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development (including Youth Ministry) and the Council for Catechetics  of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference Project Officer   (For fixed term – 3 year period)   The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference wishes to appoint a Project Officer whose primary responsibility will be to support the work of its Council for...

  A programme for the training of men for the Permanent Diaconate will begin in St. Angela’s College in Sligo next October. The Diocese of Kilmore hopes to send candidates for training. If there are any men between the ages of 35 and 55 who feel that they may have a calling to this very...

An eight-week Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Programme begins in the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Wednesday 1 March 2017 with choice of two sessions daily, 10:30a.m. to 1:00p.m. or 7:00p.m. to 9:30p.m. and one-day retreat on Saturday 8 April 2017 from 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.  Tuition Fee: €300 for full course and resources.  For further...

  Kilmore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Fatima to mark Centenary of the Apparations –  There are still places available on this pilgrimage which departs Thursday 14 September 2017 and returning Thursday 21 September 2017. Seven nights accommodation in the Hotel Santo Amaro on full board basis.  Spiritual Director: Fr. Tom Mannion, CC Glencar.  Cost: €759 per...

Pope Francis invites us to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day! In his document on The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia), Pope Francis refers directly to Saint Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to make the most of traditional religious practices, invite couples to grow in love and help their children to prepare for their future married life....

  The Irish Bishops made their five-yearly visit to Rome in the last two weeks of January. The visit is a clear expression of the link between the local Church – the diocese – and the universal Church, between the Bishops of Ireland and Pope Francis, the successor of St Peter. At the Threshold of...

Knock Pilgrimage to New York The year 2017 will be a remarkable year for the people of Knock and the Irish diaspora in New York as plans are underway at Knock Shrine to lead a group out from Ireland West Airport to New York next May. For the last two years, Knock Shrine and Ireland...

Fr. Eamonn Bredin will facilitate an eleven-week course on the Eucharist in the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan beginning next Thursday evening, 26 January 2017, at 7:30p.m.  The course will include a celebration of the traditional Passover Seder Meal.  Cost: €5 per night.  All welcome.

Recently, my little niece shared with me all the things she loves about Christmas – the trees, the presents, the decorations, the sheer excitement – and she finished her ode to the season, by exclaiming, “Oh, the joy of Christmas!”. The joy of Christmas indeed. The well-worn story of the birth of the Son of...

The Diocesan Pastoral Centre will be closed for the Christmas & New Year holidays from 12:30p.m. on Wednesday 21 December 2016 and will re-open on Monday 9 January 2017 at 9:00a.m. Everyone working in the Centre wish you, your loved ones, colleagues and friends a truly blessed Christmas and a happy New Year.