Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Chrism Mass Cathedral of SS. Patrick & Felim, Cavan Holy Thursday 2010 Today, Holy Thursday, is a special day for priests. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper later this evening commemorates the institution of the priesthood by Jesus when he gave them the command, do this in memory […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Message for Lent 2010 In his Lenten Message this year Pope Benedict says: “Each year, on the occasion of Lent, the Church invites us to a sincere review of our lives in the light of the teachings of the Gospel”. Those words of the Pope were particularly relevant to us as […]
Bishop O’Reilly’s Address at the Launch of Catholic Schools Week 2010 This week we celebrate Catholic Schools Week throughout the country, North and South. It’s not that we don’t value the great work being done in other schools and the great service being provided by them. Catholic Schools are the ones we have responsibility […]
Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly at the Ordination of Fr Seán Kelly OFM. Cap, St Patrick’s Church, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim 6th December 2009 This ordination takes place very close to mid-winter. The days are dark, the weather unpleasant and in two weeks time we will have reached the shortest day of the year. […]
BISHOP LEO O’REILLY’S HOMILY AT A MASS TO MARK THE LAUNCH OF THE PRESENTATION BROTHERS SCHOOLS TRUST 21 November 2009 I thank the Presentation Brothers for doing me the honour of inviting me to celebrate this Mass to mark the launch of the Presentation Brothers Schools Trust. And I thank the Bishop of Cork for […]
Statement by Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore regarding Fr Michael Molloy 24 November 2009 Fr. Michael Molloy, a priest of the diocese of Kilmore, has pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual abuse of a minor and has been sentenced under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 in Cavan Circuit Court. I […]
Homily of Bishop Leo O’Reilly at the Funeral Mass of Fr Eugene Loughlin St Patrick’s Church, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim 3rd October 2009 We have come to pay our last respects to Fr Eugene Loughlin in this parish where he spent 25 years of his long and varied priestly ministry. We do so by offering […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily On the Feast of St Felim, Patron of Kilmore Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim 9th August 2009 (Readings of 14 Sunday Year B) Many people nowadays, especially Americans, spend a lot of time and effort researching their family trees – tracing their roots. We need to trace our faith […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at a Mass to mark the Departure of the Presentation Sisters from Bailieborough 26th July 2009 In his history of the Diocese of Kilmore, Fr. Dan Gallogly recorded that in 1933 Bishop Finegan received a request from Sr Mary Josephine of the Presentation Sisters in Rawalpindi, Northern India, for […]
BISHOP LEO O’REILLY’S HOMILY AT THE GROTTO, LOURDES DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE MAY 2009 This Year the theme of the Lourdes pilgrimage is “the Path of Bernadette”. We celebrate this Mass on the spot where our Lady appeared to Bernadette 18 times between the 11th of February and 16th July 1858. During the pilgrimage we are […]
