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Building a culture of life by compassion and care for others
This year’s Day for Life is celebrated on Sunday 6 October 2013. It is a day dedicated to celebrating the dignity of human life from conception...
Sunday 6 October – Increasing faith by generous service
Most families have certain items that are guarded carefully and kept in a safe place to be passed on to future generations. Some of...
Sunday 29 September – God’s face in others, not in objects
“Woe to the complacent in Zion, to those who feel secure … lying upon beds of ivory!” (Am 6:1,4). They eat, they drink, they...
Remembering victims who disappeared in the Troubles
Bishop Michael Smith led prayers with relatives of victims who disappeared during the Troubles in the North at a ceremony on Saturday 21 September...
Sunday 15 September – “I found my sheep that was lost”
The parable of the Good Shepherd in today’s Gospel reveals the love and mercy of God. The shepherd always looks after his sheep and...
Joining Pope Francis in a vigil of prayer for peace
Saturday 7 September 2013 is a day of solidarity with the people of Syria and the Middle East through prayer and fasting. "We will...
Bishop Michael Smith appoints seven new Parish Priests
Fr Joseph Gallagher, Parish Priest of Kilcormac is appointed Parish Priest of Tullamore. He succeeds Mgr Sean Heaneywho is retiring as Parish Priest but remaining...
Cardinal Dolan blesses new convent in St Mary’s, Drogheda
"They will seek to touch the poverty within, the inner needs of the human heart"
On Thursday 15 August 2013 at 7.30pm, Cardinal Timothy Dolan...
12 – 17 September: Diocesan Pilgimage to Lourdes
“Lourdes, a door to faith” is the pastoral theme for our pilgrimage to Lourdes this year. On Thursday 12 September, over 800 pilgrims from the...
Sunday 1 September – To serve the Lord with humility
Today’s Gospel prompts us to have humble and generous hearts. Jesus uses the simple metaphor of a wedding party to demonstrate the importance of...