On 12 October, Bishops of Ireland published a new pastoral letter on welcoming immigrants, entitled: A Hundred Thousand Welcomes? A Hundred Thousand Welcomes? invites the faithful to reflect on how we welcome immigrants in contemporary Ireland, and the theme is...
Although two Masses had already been celebrated – a Mass corpore insepulto in Brussels on 16 August and the Solemn Requiem Mass in Belfast on 20 August – COMECE and the Chapel for Europe chose to hold this Mass to bring together those who were not in Brussels in...
Father Declan Hurley is Administrator of Navan Parish in the Diocese of Meath and chairperson of the national team of the Irish Synodal Pathway. On 1 October 2024, Father Hurley preached the homily in the historic College Chapel of Saint Patrick’s College,...
On 5 October, in the historic College Chapel of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare & Leighlin and President of Accord CLG delivered a homily at the graduation Mass of Marriage Facilitators and Counsellors. This Mass was attended...
On 8 October, Bishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe, the designated delegate for the Jubilee Year 2025 of the Bishops’ Conference, welcomed the countdown timer to the Jubilee Year on CatholicBishops.ie. A Jubilee – or Holy – Year is marked every twenty-five years by...
At a gathering in Belfast on 28 September, members of the Catholic marriage service Accord NI (pictured above) gathered to reflect on Accord’s Synodal Pathway journey to address challenges facing the future of its marriage preparation service; in terms of Accord’s...
On 4 October last, the Association of Religious and Missionary Leaders of Ireland hosted over 100 people between returned missionaries (Religious and Lay), new missionaries to Ireland, and others, for a one-day symposium entitled 'Mission Now'. The event included...
This week, members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn 2024 General Meeting. The main issues discussed by bishops during their meeting included: First anniversary of Israel-Hamas war; praying...
Each week CatholicNews.ie will highlight various elements of the upcoming Universal Jubilee 2025 year. To herald the year, on 29 December, bishops across Ireland will celebrate Mass in their dioceses for the solemn opening of the Holy Year, and thereafter events...
The 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, themed For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission, takes place from 2 to 27 October at the Vatican, Rome. Representing the Bishops' Conference will be Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick and Bishop...
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