Blogging and the Catholic Church

A blog is a website or a section of a website that maintains a diary type commentary on a particular topic; it is part of the social media.   It is usually presented as an archive of articles starting with the most recent.  Typically there is a means for readers to leave comments.  There are also links […]

Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

  Apostolic Nuncio   His Excellency, Most Reverend Luis Mariano Montemayor, Titular Archbishop of Illici   Contact Details The Apostolic Nunciature                   183 Navan Road Dublin 7 D07 CT98   Tel: 01 838 0577       Fax: 01 838 0276 Email: [email protected] Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission Right Reverend Monsignor Patrick Zay Han     Vatican […]

Easter Vigil Homily, 23 April 2011

Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Easter Homily delivered at the Easter Vigil Cathedral of SS Patrick & Felim, Cavan, 23rd April 2011   I’m not a regular TV viewer so I sometimes miss good programmes. I almost missed a very good programme during the week – a very appropriate programme for Holy Week.  I was lucky enough […]

Chrism Mass Homily, Cathedral of SS Patrick & Felim, Cavan, Holy Thursday 2011

Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Chrism Mass, Holy Thursday Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim, Cavan, 21st April 2011    The priests here will remember the retreat we had last June. At the beginning of the first talk the priest giving the retreat went up to the table in front, sat down and spent […]

The Eucharistic Congress Bell visits Kilmore Diocese: May 18th – 29th

The route of the Eucharistic Congress Bell  in the Diocese of Kilmore May 18th – The bell will be received from Clogher diocese at Tanagh at 6pm that evening and will be walked to St. Michael’s Church, Cootehill, for a ceremony at 7pm. May 19th – Cootehill to Belturbet via Kilsherdany and Drung, Castletara and Urney […]

The Future of Catholic Education

The Catholic Schools Partnership The Catholic Schools Partnership (CPS), an umbrella group providing support for all of the partners in Catholic schools in the Republic of Ireland, has reflected on many of the key issues facing all of the stakeholders in Irish schools at this time and presents this position paper to parents and students, […]

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Kilmore Mission in Lagos, Nigeria

The Kilmore Mission in Nigeria was launched in 1983.  Fr Benny Fitzpatrick is a Kilmore priest working in association with St Patrick’s Missionary Society in the parish of Amukoko, Lagos, Nigeria.   Message from the Lagos Mission Committee Last year an article appeared in our local newspaper entitled “Proud to be from Kilmore”.  It was written by Elizabeth […]

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Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2011

The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes was led by Bishop Leo O’Reilly and took place from Friday 27th May to Wednesday 1st June.  The pilgrimage director is Fr Kevin Fay.   Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly at the Grotto, Lourdes, 28th May 2011 Photograph of the Kilmore Pilgrims 2011 Website of Our Lady’s Shrine, Lourdes     The […]

Cardinal Seán Brady’s message on the publication of ‘Towards Healing and Renewal’

Cardinal Brady urges everyone to read bishops’ pastoral response Towards Healing and Renewal PRESS RELEASE: 19 March 2011   Cardinal Brady urges everyone to read bishops’ pastoral response Towards Healing and Renewal Towards Healing and Renewal outlines initiatives to enhance the personal, pastoral, spiritual and practical support available to survivors of abuse. €10m co-funding over the next five […]

Towards Healing and Renewal: A Pastoral Response

To mark the first anniversary of the Pope’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland the Irish bishops have published a pastoral esponse ‘Towards Healing and Renewal’.  This outlines the different undertakings that the bishops are making in response to the survivors of abuse.   Towards Healing and Renewal: A Pastoral Response Cardinal Seán Brady’s […]