I am happy to address a few words to this conference which is being hosted by John Waters and his colleagues and am happy to be here as a guest. This conference has a topic which is really worth considering and thinking deeply about – the crisis of democracy in Ireland today. I speak to […]

Homily for the Golden Jubilee of St Bernadette’s Church, Sunday, 29 October 2017 Over the past liturgical year we have looked at the relationship between the Chosen People and God the Father; we have looked at the birth, life, death and Resurrection of Jesus; we have looked at the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.  We have […]

Bishop Fintan Monahan has urged all road users to take extra care this October bank holiday weekend.  After 12.00pm Mass on Sunday Bishop Monahan will lead a ‘Blessing of the Roads’ ceremony in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ennis, Co Clare, and offer prayers for the safety of all road users.  Bishop […]

Following the attack on the Holy Trinity Church in Errislannan, Clifden in Co Galway, Archbishop Michael Neary issued the following statement: “The attack on the church in Errislannan is an act of persecution against all Christians. “Over the last 12 months there has been high profile media coverage of the desecration of Christian churches in […]

Gresham Hotel, Dublin “Where is their soul? – Nourishing the evangelising mission of the family” I have discovered that there is a setting on my mobile phone called “location services” which means that no matter where my mobile phone is, it can be tracked by satellite; my network knows I am here at the Gresham […]

Newman University Church, Stephens Green, Dublin Sunday  22nd October 2017 “We celebrate this Mass in a unique Church.  It was the dream Church of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century who came to Dublin to establish a Catholic University of Ireland.  While that university never really came […]

Today a conference is being held in Athlone entitled ‘Abortion, Disability and the Law’ which is being jointly hosted by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and the Consultative Group on Bioethics of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.  Please see addresses below by: Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin and Chair of the Bishops’ Consultative Group on […]

RTÉ to broadcast Mass from its Donnybrook studios on Mission Sunday 22 October As part of the celebrations organised by World Missions Ireland to mark October as ‘Mission Month’, Masses for World Mission Sunday, the worldwide day of prayer for the missions, will take place this weekend across Ireland, on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 […]

You or a representative are invited to a conference entitled ‘Abortion, Disability and the Law’ which is being jointly hosted by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and the Consultative Group on Bioethics of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.  Details are as follows: Where Grace Suite in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone When Tomorrow, Friday 20 October 2017 […]

Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida Church of Saint Mary of the Angels, Church Street I am particularly happy to celebrate with the Brazilian Catholic Community in Dublin the Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida and the 300th anniversary of the finding of the miraculous statue.   I greet the Ambassador of Brazil and each one […]