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Happy Christmas - Video from Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Armagh

  The Redemptoris Mater Seminary has prepared a video to wish you a Happy Christmas.  We would like to share it with you and with the parishes of our Archdiocese.    The YouTube video can be accessed at the link below:    Redemptoris Mater Seminary Armagh - Christmas Carols 2022  ...

A Prayer by Telephone

  The Sisters of Mercy, "Bethany”, 34 Point Road, Dundalk, welcome any person who may wish to request prayer, especially during these difficult times.  All requests are confidential.    From NI    Tel: 00353 42 9331602  9am – 9pm Daily From ROI Tel: 042 9331602  9am – 9pm Daily   One of the sisters will be happy to...

Christmas Masses at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

  The 11pm Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh will be a Eurovision Broadcast.   The Mass will be broadcast live across Ireland on RTE Television and throughout Europe.  The principal celebrant will be Archbishop Eamon Martin and people are invited to join as we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity.  Those attending must be seated by 10....

Joint Christmas 2022 message from the Archbishops of Armagh

  And of his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” (John 1:16)   A highlight of the Christmas season is the solemn reading from the prologue of John’s Gospel with its memorable opening: "In the beginning was the Word …”   Commenting recently on John’s Gospel, the Irish scholar, David Ford, describes it as "the gospel ...

Christmas Mass times in the Church of Saint Trea, Newbridge

  The Christmas Eve Mass will be on Saturday at 9 p.m.   The Christmas Morning Mass will be on Sunday at 10 a.m.   ...

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh - events during Christmas

    Carol Service A Carol Service in preparation for Christmas will take place in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh on Sunday, 11 December at 5.00pm. It will be led by St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir and there will be an opportunity for congregational singing. Please note the 5.30pm Mass on that evening will be in St Malachy’s Church.   5.30pm Sunday Mass in ...

Anahorish Primary School Carol Service on Thursday, 15th December

  The children from Anahorish Primary School will hold a Carol Service on Thursday, 15th December at 7 p.m. in the Church of St. Trea, Newbridge.   The Carol Service can be viewed on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on the St Treas - Parish of Newbridge & Ballymaguigan Facebook page at the link below. If there is no sound when the video starts, you should click on the Volume icon at the ...

Winter 2022 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

  Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered in-person this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Winter 2022 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh and the Vice-President is Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin.  During the meeting Mass was celebrated in the College Chapel and prayers were ...

Anam Cara - Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday, 14th December

  Anam Cara Armagh, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 14th December at 7:15pm in the Armagh City Hotel, Armagh, BT601E.   This event is free and open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not. We also offer an ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin rejects Westminster's priority of abortion at time of health and cost of living crisis

  Statement from Archbishop Eamon Martin On Friday last, at a time when people are struggling to feed their children and heat their homes, and as our overstretched health workers are barely coping under the pressure of financial constraints, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, instructed the Department of Health to fast track the commissioning and f...