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 […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Chrism Mass Cathedral of SS. Patrick and Felim, Cavan Holy Thursday 9th April 2009 Can I begin with a quotation? “Let us not expect things to change if we keep on doing the same things. A crisis is the best blessing that can happen to people or countries, […]
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN IN THE DIOCESE OF KILMORE Launch of Handbook on 4 June 2009 Address by Bishop Leo O’Reilly I welcome you all here this evening. This launch marks an important stage on our ongoing work in the diocese of ensuring that children and young people are safe in our Church community and organisations. Ministry […]
Statement by Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore on the publication of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse The publication last week of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child abuse is a stark reminder of how the Church failed to live up to the ideals of […]
‘The Experience of providing Catholic Primary Education in Ireland: The Patron’s Perspective’ Address by Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Chair of the Irish Bishops’ Commission on Education, at the McAuley Conference Series: Catholic Primary Education in Contemporary Ireland: Facing New Horizons Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick – 22 May 2009 I thank the organisers of the […]
CHURCH INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY AND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY AND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS CONVENTION 27 MARCH 2009 Bishop Leo O’Reilly I come from near Cootehill in County Cavan where the location of the Comprehensive school was the very first revealed back in 1963. I understand the revelation came by way of a leak which, […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s New Year Message 2009 The first day of the New Year makes us think of New Year’s resolutions. We see the New Year as an opportunity for a fresh start, a new beginning. And even though we may not have kept last year’s resolutions, that shouldn’t prevent us making some this […]
Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Grotto in Lourdes 2008 It is providential that we have the Mass of the Sick on the feast of the Sacred Heart. It gives us an opportunity to revisit this devotion which used to be so popular […]
