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Bishop-Elect Nulty addresses Meath diocesan clergy retreat
During the course of the annual clergy retreat, Bishop-Elect Denis Nulty celebrated Mass for his brother priests in the Diocese of Meath.
The Mass was...
9 June – Celebrating St Colmcille of Durrow, Kells and Iona
Bishop Smith accepted an invitation to Iona to celebrate the 1450th anniversary of the arrival of St Colmcille in Scotland. The celebrations, organised as...
Planning for Religious Education Congress, 5 October 2013
The National Religious Education Congress takes place every two years and to date has been held in Dublin, Dundalk and Tralee. This year it...
Pilgrimage to Lough Derg 27-29 June 2013
Lough Derg is being proposed to parishioners as a “port of call” during the Year of Faith.
It’s an ancient place of prayer where the...
Solemnity of Corpus Christi – Come let us worship
Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration was celebrated on Sunday 2 June 2013, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.
Pope Francis took part in a period...
Fr Michael Walsh – May he rest in peace
The death has occurred of Very Revd Fr Michael WALSH
Tubber, Moate, Westmeath
Peacefully, at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. Much loved son of the late Dr...
Trinity Sunday – In the name of the Father, Son and Spirit
Today one week after Pentecost the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the feast which commemorates the mystery at the heart...
Pentecost – making us men and women on a mission
A dark, gloomy, barricaded room full of cowards. Hardly the obvious birthplace for Christ’s Church! And yet, it is here that the first Pentecost...
Congratulations and best wishes to Bishop-Elect Denis Nulty
Bishop Smith issued the following statement following the appointment of Fr Denis Nulty as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin:
"I warmly welcome the announcement today...
Bishops respond to proposed abortion legislation
Preliminary response by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland to Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013
03. May, 2013
The Catholic bishops of Ireland stress once...