Christmas Message from Most Rev Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland "Our Saviour has come, have no more fear. He can change to dawn all our nights" Click here Christmas Message of Her Excellency President Mary McAleese "The central message of Christmas has for two thousand years been a message of peace and goodwill to all humankind" Click here Christmas Message from Most Rev Colm O'Reilly, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois "May the celebration of Christmas revive in us some of the wonder of the child in the Mystery of how God became man for us" Click here Joint Message for Christmas from the Catholic Bishop of Clogher and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher "Christmas reminds us of what religion actually is" Click here Joint Message for Christmas from the Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross "The Christmas story with its memorable and engaging ingredients has shaped our culture for 2,000 years"" Click here Christmas Message of Most Rev Christopher Jones, Bishop of Elphin "My prayer for all of you is a prayer for peace" Click here Christmas Message of Most Rev Jim Moriarty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin "Together we look forward to welcoming Christ - the light of the world" Click here Christmas Message of Most Rev Eamonn Walsh, Apostolic Administrator of Ferns "The Gift of Christmas" Click here Fr Declan Hurley, Irish Chaplain, Paris "From Paris .. what Christmas means to me" Click here Erica Laczova, Slovakia "What Christmas means to me...in Slovakia" Click here Fr Joe Cunningham CM, Irish College Rome "I am the Lord’s servant, may it happen to me as you have said" Click here Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent, Irish Times "Christmas is about celebrating the good things in this life, children, family, friendships" Click here Margarita Bedding, Parish Pastoral Minister "May the peace and joy of Christmas be in your hearts and in your homes" Click here December 2004 |