News 2023

Exam Mass at Knock Shrine on 5 June

  Exam Mass at Knock Shrine: June 5th, 7.30pm, Knock Basilica.   For all students preparing for exams and their families. Take some time out from your studies for a quiet moment to ask for God’s strength and guidance as you move through your exam period. Bring your pencil case to have it blessed.   ...

Fatima Pilgrimage 20 July 2023

   Fatima Pilgrimage 20 July 2023 Led by Archbishop Eamon Martin20 July 2023 for 7 nights - £799 per person  Direct return flights from Dublin to Lisbon (20kg bags included)  Return airport transfers in Fatima  7 nights Hotel Avenida  Full Board: breakfast, lunch & dinner each day  Full religious programme  Guided tours of ...

First Class Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis to visit St Patrick’s Cathedral

    First Class Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis to visit St Patrick’s Cathedral, in this the 150th year since the Dedication of the Cathedral A first class relic of Blessed Carlo will visit the Cathedral from Sunday 11 – Tuesday 13 June 2023. Blessed Carlo was beatified by Pope Francis in Assisi in October 2020. His friends remember him as a young dreamer, service-ori...

Graduation Mass at QUB Catholic Chaplaincy on 1st June

  On Thursday, 1 June at 5.15pm, the QUB Chaplaincy will host a Graduation Mass for the Class of 2023.   Students, their families and friends, as well as staff and alumni are most welcome.  This Mass will be the last special celebration before we close our doors and move to temporary accommodation whilst our landmark building on Elmwood Avenue undergoes major redevelopment...

Rally for Life in Dublin on 1st July 2023

  Rally for Life, Ireland’s annual march for the human right to life, Dublin City Centre, Saturday, 1 July 2023.    Assemble from 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square. Come to celebrate life and to be a witness, with thousands of others, for LIFE.  This will be a family-friendly day with a full schedule of events.  BE THERE!   For more i...

Anam Cara Armagh - Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 31st May

  Anam Cara Armagh, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday 31st May 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 onlin...

Abortion: Changing the Narrative – a Statement of the Catholic Bishops

  Five years on from the May 2018 referendum which removed the constitutional guarantee of the equal right to life of unborn children and their mothers, the Bishops of Ireland have issued a statement which also takes into account the recent review by Government of the abortion legislation introduced following the referendum.  At that time the bishops said, "a new situation now ex...

Karen McErlain's Funeral on Wednesday, 24th May at 11:00 am

  Our thoughts and prayers are with the McErlain and Swann family circles at this sad time following the death of Karen (formerly Swann), Drumenagh. Karen's funeral is from her son Aaron’s home, 3 BelleBrook Mews, Magherafelt, on Wednesday 24th May at 10.20am for 11.00am Requiem Mass in the Church of St Trea, Newbridge. Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Sacr...

Sharing the Good News e-zine - Issue 112 on 18 May 2023

  Sharing the Good News e-zine is published weekly by the Catholic Communications Office. Issue 112 of the e-zine is now available and it can be viewed at the link below:   Sharing the Good News e-zine - Issue 112   Previous issues of the e-zine can be viewed at the link below: Sharing the Good New e-zine archive   Issue 112 includes the foll...

Archbishop Eamon Martin ordains Father Carlos Esteban Rojo

    Archbishop Eamon Martin: "I hope and pray that some of our young school leavers will be open to hearing God’s call to priesthood and the religious life”   Archbishop Eamon Martin ordains Father Carlos Esteban Rojo. Mass of Ordination to the priesthood celebrated in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.  See photos of ordination attached. ...