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Opening address by Archbishop Eamon Martin on 'Faith in the digital world'.

Opening address by Archbishop Eamon Martin at Saint Patrick College, Maynooth on 'Faith in the digital world' to mark World Communications Day 2019.   Archbishop Eamon Martin's opening address can be accessed from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference website here. ...

Patricia McCann's Funeral Mass on Monday, 27th May

Patricia McCann's Requiem Mass will take place in St Trea's Church, Newbridge on Monday, 27th May at 10:00 a.m. Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Full funeral details can be viewed at: https://www.mccuskerbros.com/death-notices.   May she rest in peace. ...

Accord Counsellor Recruitment 2019

Accord Counsellor Recruitment 2019 ACCORD has 55 Centres on the island of Ireland offering services to couples. ACCORD NI CLG has 9 centres – 8 of these; Ballymena, Belfast, Derry, Enniskillen, Newry, Omagh, Maghera and Portadown, (Archdiocese of Armagh) offer Marriage and Relationships Counselling.   The 2019 intake for training as a Couples and Relationship Counsellor is...

Catholic 'Faith and Reason' talks

Catholic 'Faith and Reason' talks!   This exciting and insightful series of talks will be kick-started on Thursday 6th June 2019 at 7pm in St Malachy's Parish Hall, Belfast.   Come along to hear Fr Conor McDonough OP speak on 'Faith vs Science? Think again'.   Find out more information on our Facebook page 'Faith and Reason talks Belfast' or contact Sarah on 078...

Kathleen Murray's funeral Mass on Sunday, 19th May

Kathleen Murray's funeral Mass will take place in St Trea's Church, Newbridge on Sunday, 19th May at 12:00 noon.  Interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. Full funeral details can be viewed on the funeraltimes.com website at: https://www.funeraltimes.com/kathleenmurray907270780.   May she rest in peace. ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin hails Pope Francis’ apostolic letter

Archbishop Eamon Martin hails Pope Francis’ apostolic letter as significant for the global Church   Archbishop Eamon Martin stated: "Following my attendance at the week-long February meeting in the Vatican on ‘The Protection of Minors in the Church’,  I am pleased to see that Pope Francis has so quickly issued further specific concrete actions to dea...

Bulletin Notices Forwarded by Parishes and other Organisations on 8th May

  Vocation Discernment Days Vocation Discernment Days Saturday 8th June 2019 - 10 am to 7.30 pm Venue-  Monastery of St Catherine of Siena, The Twenties, Drogheda, Co Louth. Our World needs Prayer; Is God calling you for this Urgent Work? Why not come along with your questions and discover the treasures of Dominican Monastic life. Contact: Sr Breda OP, email: siena3@eir...

Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes the appointment of Father Michael Router as Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh

  Message from Archbishop Eamon Martin:    I am very pleased that Pope Francis has appointed Father Michael Router from the Diocese of Kilmore to be the next Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh.   Around this time last year, five years after the retirement of the late Bishop Gerard Clifford as Auxiliary Bishop, I asked Pope Francis to consider appointing a new Auxiliary Bisho...

Diocesan Youth Pilgrimages

Diocesan Youth Pilgrimages Lough Derg Youth Pilgrimage: 21-23rd June, for ages 18+. Fatima Pilgrimage: 27th June - 2nd July, for ages 16+. Camp Assume, Newcastle, Co. Down: 11th - 15th August, for 12-13 year olds.   For further information, please contact Dermot Kelly on  075-25774024 or email dermot@adyc.ie ...

Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference website

The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference website which provides news and updates from Irish bishops can be accessed at www.catholicbishops.ie. The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (also known as the Irish Episcopal Conference) is the assembly of the Bishops of Ireland exercising together certain pastoral offices for Christ’s faithful on the whole island of Ireland. The C...