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The Marriage Referendum – “Let your voice be heard”
The choice we are asked to make in the Marriage Referendum on Friday next is a decision that only the people can make. The...
Alfie Lambe’s cause makes progress on the way to Rome
Two priests from the Diocese of Meath attended the closing session for the Cause of the Canonisation of Servant of God Alphonsus (Alfie) Lambe...
Statement of Bishop Smith on Marriage Referendum 22 May Marriage is important: Be...
Later this month, the people of Ireland are invited to vote on a proposed amendment to the section in the Constitution entitled ‘The Family’....
Responding to the Nepal earthquake disaster
Bishop Michael Smith has a close connection with Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, who currently serves as Papal Nuncio to Nepal and India.
If any parishes or...
Bishop Smith leads Eucharistic Adoration pilgrimage in Knock
Bishop Michael Smith celebrated Mass at the Basilica in Knock on Sunday 26 April 2015. The pilgrimage was organised by the Apostolate of Perpetual...
Vocations Sunday homily of Rev. Robert McGivney, Mullingar
Good Shepherd Sunday is also known as Vocation Sunday. It offers us an opportunity to reflect on vocations and in particular vocations to the...
25 April – Day of Prayer for Vocations
Every parish needs to have a concern for encouraging and fostering vocations. Crucial to fostering vocations is prayer. Bishop Michael Smith asks parishioners, especially...
Easter 2015 – “Christ my hope has risen, Alleluia Alleluia”
The highpoint of the Holy Week liturgies is the Easter Vigil, which was celebrated by Bishop Michael Smith at the Cathedral of Christ the...
Good Friday – “Behold the wood of the cross”
Ceremonies took place in every church in the Diocese of Meath on Good Friday, commemorating the passion and death of Christ.
Bishop Michael Smith presided...
Chrism Mass: Consecrated with oil and renewed for witness
Bishop Michael Smith celebrated the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral of Christ the King on Wednesday 1 April 2015, joined by the priests of...