DIOCESAN CELEBRATION TO MARK BISHOP LEO O’REILLY’S GOLDEN JUBILEE OF HIS ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND HIS RECENT RETIREMENT AS BISHOP OF KILMORE: The Diocese of Kilmore gathered together in the Cathedral of SS. Patrick and Felim in Cavan on the Feast of Pentecost, Sunday 9 June 2019, to mark Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Golden Jubilee...

Homily Preached at the Grotto In Lourdes 3 June 2019 Blessed are the Poor in Spirit The year 1844, that is the year that Saint Bernadette was born in, was a time of great poverty in Ireland as the country hurtled headlong towards the great Famine. It was also a time of great poverty here...

Statement of the Summer 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference:  The Summer 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference took place last week in the Columba Centre, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth.  Please see below issues discussed by the bishops during their meeting:   ·         Christian response to religious intolerance, racism and...

FORMER BISHOP OF MEATH TO ATTEND VISIT OF THE RELICS OF  ST. OLIVER PLUNKETT TO CAVAN: First class relics of St. Oliver Plunkett will visit the Conaty Chapel of the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Cavan on Tuesday 4 June 2019. The relics will arrive at the Centre at 10:00a.m. and will be available for...

  The annual Diocesan Services Collection is due around this time.  The following services are provided by the Diocese of Kilmore through the generous support of the parishes for this collection: Youth and Young Adult Ministry Vocations Adult Faith Formation Safeguarding Finance Accord Data Protection Diocesan Pastoral Centre Further Education and Support of Priests Education...

Father Michael Router appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Father Michael Router, Parish Priest of Bailieboro (Killann) in the Diocese of Kilmore, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Armagh, assigning to him the Titular See of Lugmad.  The news of the appointment was made public at 12.00 noon in...

Diocesan Celebration for Bishop Leo O’Reilly– There will be a concelebrated Mass in the Cathedral of SS. Patrick & Felim in Cavan at 3:00p.m. on the Feast of Pentecost, Sunday 9 June next, to mark the Golden Jubilee of Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Ordination to the Priesthood and also his retirement from the See of Kilmore....

Kilmore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock 2019 – The annual Kilmore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock will take place on Sunday 16 June 2019 with ceremonies beginning at 2:30p.m.  

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 42 of Faithcast, Brenda speaks to Mary Johnston, a Specialist in Counselling (Marriage and Relationships) with Accord Catholic Marriage Care Service CLG....

Very Reverend Felim Kelly, former Parish Priest of Castlerahan & Munterconnaught  Born 8 September 1939 Entered into Eternal Life 1 May 2019 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Reposing in the Parochial House, Castlerahan, Ballyjamesduff on Thursday from 4:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. and on Friday from 12 noon to 5:00p.m. before removal to St. Mary’s Church, Castlerahan, arriving at 7:30p.m....