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Archdiocese of Armagh Pioneer Total Abstinence Association 25 October 2024

Archdiocese of Armagh Pioneer Total Abstinence Association 25 October 2024:   Presentation Night Buffet Supper and Dance Friday 25th October 2024 Ryandale Moy 8.00pm. All to be seated for 7.45pm. Cost £15 All Welcome.  ...

St Bernadette’s Relics visit to Armagh and Dundalk 19 – 21 October 2024

  For the first time, the Relics of St Bernadette will in Ireland and will be in Armagh and Dundalk on the weekend of 19 – 21 October 2024.  ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes first visit to Ireland of Saint Bernadette’s relics

  The opportunity to venerate Saint Bernadette’s relics in Ireland "will be a source of hope, great joy and inspiration” - Archbishop Martin Archbishop Eamon Martin said, "During September and October, the holy relics of Saint Bernadette will undertake a pilgrimage, journeying from Lourdes, France - for the first time - to cathedrals and churches across Ireland....

Anam Cara Armagh is holding a Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday, 30 October 2024

  Anam Cara Armagh, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Wednesday, 30 October at 7.15pm in the Armagh City Hotel, Friary Rd, Armagh.   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 urges voters to ask politicians to reject assisted suicide

  Statement on Tuesday 15 October 2024, Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila: 'Assisted suicide' to be considered by politicians in London and Dublin this week   Tomorrow, Wednesday, a bill will be introduced into the Westminster Parliament to propose a change in the law to permit assisted suicide, and on Thursday the Final Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying will...

Paddy Johnston's Funeral on Tuesday, 15th October at 11:00am

  Our thoughts and prayers are with the Johnston and McGlone family circles at this sad time following the death of Paddy. Paddy's funeral is from his home, 18 Park View, Castledawson on Tuesday 15th October at 10:15am for 11:00am Requiem Mass in the Church of St. Trea, Newbridge. Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on his s...

Join Precious Life for a “Life Chain” at Belfast City Hall on Saturday, 19th October

  Join Precious Life for a "Life Chain” at Belfast City Hall on Saturday, 19th October 2024, at 2:00 PM.   This peaceful event will commemorate the 5th anniversary of Westminster imposing abortion on Northern Ireland and honour the memory of the innocent babies lost since then. Stand with us as we remember and advocate for the protection of life. For more in...

Autumn Edition of St Patrick's Youth Newsletter

  Please see attached the "Autumn Edition” of St. Patrick's Youth Newsletter.   Rob O’Hara Youth Co Ordinator Archdiocese of Armagh Ara Coeli, Cathedral Road. ...

Parish promotion of Bishops' Pastoral Letter on immigration - 'A Hundred Thousand Welcomes?'

    On behalf of Archbishop Eamon: Dear Father, Deacon, During the Autumn General Meeting of the Bishops’ Conference, bishops approved the attached pastoral letter on the significant theme of welcoming the immigrant, A Hundred Thousand Welcomes? and asked for it to be published in parishes for this Sunday, 13 October 2024.  Accordingly, I encourage all pa...

World Mission Sunday on 20th October

  Below is a letter from Mgr Colum Curry, the Diocesan Director for Missio Ireland.    Dear Father / Deacon, I hope you are well. As we approach the month of October, I wish to draw attention to World Mission Sunday which will take place on 20th October 2024.   This is the one Sunday in the year when the entire global Church unites together in support of the Holy Father...