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Homily of Bishop Michael Router at the Dedication of Studies Mass at Queen’s University Belfast

Homily of Bishop Michael Router at the Dedication of Studies Mass at Queen’s University Belfast   The Homily of Bishop Michael Router at the Dedication of Studies Mass at Queen’s University Belfast on Sunday, 13th October can be viewed here. ...

Extraordinary Month of Mission "Baptised and Sent"

Extraordinary Month of Mission "Baptised and Sent" On behalf of Fr Barry Matthews on Wednesday, 16 Oct 2019   This Sunday - Mission Sunday - is again an opportunity to engage with the theme of the Extraordinary Month "Baptised and Sent" praying for Missionaries abroad and thanking God for those who have passed on the faith to us here in Ireland both internation...

Church leaders meet Secretary of State on NI political impasse

Church leaders meet Secretary of State on NI political impasse   The leaders of Ireland’s main churches met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Julian Smith MP, in Armagh yesterday evening to express their concerns regarding the continued Stormont impasse and its effect on civic society and the most vulnerable in particular.  This morning (10 October) they iss...

Homily of Bishop Michael Router for ‘Day for Life’ Sunday

Homily of Bishop Michael Router for ‘Day for Life’ Sunday, 6 October 2019 Church of Saint Peter, Drogheda, Co Louth, Archdiocese of Armagh   Threats to the value and sacredness of human life – domestic abuse, abortion and drug related violence – are symptoms of a society that is losing its moral compass; I would be willing to mediate between differen...

Joseph (Joe) McLarnon's Funeral Mass on Monday, 7th October at 11:00 a.m.

  Joseph (Joe) McLarnon's Requiem Mass will take place in St Trea's Church, Newbridge on Monday, 7th October at 11:00 a.m. Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Full funeral details can be viewed at: https://www.nifunerals.com/obituaries.   May he rest in peace. ...

Statement of the Autumn 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Statement of the Autumn 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference   The Autumn 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference concluded this evening in the Columba Centre, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth.  Please see below issues discussed by the bishops during their meeting:   •      &n...

Address of Archbishop Eamon Martin at prayer service ‘For Ireland and for Humanity’

Address of Archbishop Eamon Martin at prayer service ‘For Ireland and for Humanity’ Papal Cross outside Drogheda, Co Louth, Archdiocese of Armagh "On our streets, the brutal beating last week of Kevin Lunney, and the ongoing violent feuds between criminal gangs remind us that we must all work together to build a culture of life and prevent the culture of barbarism ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin invites people across the island to pray ‘For Ireland and for Humanity’

Archbishop Eamon Martin invites people across the island to pray ‘For Ireland and for Humanity’   The Prayer service will be live-streamed on the Armagh Diocesan Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ArchdioceseOfArmagh/   You, or a representative, are invited to attend a special prayer service ‘For Ireland and for Humanity’, led by Archbishop Eam...

Archbishop Eamon Martin celebrates Mass with the Polish community

Archbishop Eamon Martin celebrates Mass with the Polish community to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War.   Details of Archbishop Eamon Martin's homily can be viewed on The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference website here.  Other news stories from The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference websi...

Proposed Works to the Church

Proposed Works to the Church As people attending Mass at St Trea’s might have noticed, there is a problem with dampness in the walls which shows itself as crumbling plaster and peeling paintwork. Most problems of damp in pre-1920's buildings, like our church, have been caused since the war, when cement and gypsum plaster became widely available. Coatings like this, designed to seal ...