by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
Please see below information for the media regarding the Funeral Liturgy for Ruth Daniels RIP, Jodie Lee Daniels RIP, Sean McGrotty RIP, Mark McGrotty RIP and Evan McGrotty RIP, which takes place today in the Holy Family Church, Derry at 2.00pm, including: Readings,...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
To you my Brothers in the Priesthood of Christ I address these words at this solemn hour in the Church’s liturgical calendar. It is Holy Thursday morning and you are gathered around your Bishop in a visible sign of unity and discipleship. You will renew your priestly...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
Last Sunday evening, Fr Paddy O’Kane heard about the awful tragedy at Buncrana pier – and said a prayer for the poor priest who would have to officiate at the funerals. He did not know that he would be the one who would have to speak the Lord into the cold dark waters...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
“For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all;” Cor. 5:14 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I greet all of you with affection, especially you, dear priests, who, like myself, recall the day of our ordination and the...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
“The Jubilee Year of Mercy is a ‘Kairos’ moment in the Church as it has helped people, religious and priests to retrieve a wholesome sense of God’s mercy.” – Bishop Crean My friends, It is twenty years this Easter Sunday since seven Trappist monks were abducted in...
