by Oisin Walsh | Dec 24, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
At their 2016 Winter General Meeting bishops announced a Christmas Crib Prayer to the Holy Family as part of preparations for the World Meeting of Families 2018. On 22 October, formal preparations began for the 9th World Meeting of Families 2018 and these are being...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 22, 2016 | News archive 2016
At this special time of year we celebrate the coming of our Saviour, who came into our world in the humblest of circumstances and was welcomed in the first place by poor shepherds who were the first to be told the good news that faithful Jews had longed for, for...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 22, 2016 | News archive 2016
First Christmas in Killaloe With great delight and happiness on my first Christmas season as new bishop of the Diocese of Killaloe, I have the privilege to offer a seasonal greeting and blessing. A Time to look back The festive season of Christmas is a time to look...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 21, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
May you have the gift of Faith, the blessing of Hope and the peace of his Love this Christmastide. Please find below a selection of messages and reflections for Christmas 2016: 20 December 2016: Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop Richard Clarke ...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 21, 2016 | News archive 2016
Please see below the joint Christmas message from Bishop John McDowell, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher, and Monsignor Joseph McGuinness, Diocesan Administrator of Clogher: When the great biblical scholar Monsignor Ronald Knox was only four years old he was asked...
