All couples participating at the event will received a specially packaged copy of the Family Prayer Book produced by the Council for Marriage and the Family of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
Bishop Fintan Monahan, Bishop of Killaloe, has urged all road users to take extra care ahead of this August bank holiday weekend.
The annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage on Ireland’s holy mountain Croagh Patrick in the Archdiocese of Tuam took place on Sunday 29 July.
The stamps will be on sale in selected Post Offices nationwide from 26 July.
The annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage takes place this Sunday 29 July on Ireland’s holy mountain Croagh Patrick in the Archdiocese of Tuam.
Following recent violence in the North, Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry, spoke with Vatican Radio on the role of the spiritual leaders in times of violence, Bishop McKeown said, ‘We try to speak the message of the Good Shepherd, and we also try to offer leadership and support to those who are working for [...]
Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, this week hosts the 26th General Assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. The Assembly, which takes place from 23-27 July, will welcome over 200 university presidents, vice- presidents and international development officers to the College, as well as Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and Archbishop [...]
Upwards of 4,000 ministers will be needed to serve the 500,000 expected at the concluding Mass of the World Meeting of Families.
Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, celebrated a new Mass ‘Aifreann na Clainne’ (Mass of the Family) at RTÉ Donnybrook studios on Sunday 15 July last. The new Mass , composed by Portarligton native Mr Tom Conroy, is inspired by the upcoming World Meeting of Families which takes place in Dublin from 21–26 [...]
In his first Apostolic Journey following his visit to the ninth World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Pope Francis will visit Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in September.
