Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

The Winter 2019 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference concluded this evening in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth.  Please see below details of issues discussed by the bishops during their meeting this week:
 
• Meeting Government ministers in Dublin on refugees and migrants
• Homelessness - ‘In six months a lot can change’
• Support for Trócaire Christmas Appeal
• Sacrament of Reconciliation and Advent 2019, including online calendar
• Publication of papers on the protection of minors in the Church
• Visit to the Holy Land in January 2020
• Catholic Schools Week in January 2020
• National Eucharistic Congress in Knock and International Congress in Hungary
• CCO’s Faithcast to be broadcast by EWTN
• Bishops’ Conference membership
• Appointment and acknowledgement

Full details of the meeting can be viewed here.