Throughout most of 2020 news and social media outlets have provided us with daily updates on the number of deaths recorded with or from Covid-19. After so many months, we can easily tire of listening to these news items and, unintentionally, desensitise ourselves to these deaths as they become just another sad statistic. The Church, […]

A Time to Remember  So many of our conversations used to revolve around the weather, it was like our in built ice breaker in the art of conversation. Now we have replaced this line with the oft familiar phrase, ‘these are strange times’, as we refer to the pandemic Covid-19 and its impact on all our […]

November, darkness falls earlier as the evenings get shorter, trees become naked as they continue to shed and let go of their beautiful, rustic colour leaves.  Nature constantly reminds us of letting go, dying and death. The month of November, we traditionally remember our dead.  There is a sense of eeriness this year because of […]

In November we remember our dead but also the many families, nursing homes, healthcare staff, religious houses and parish communities that grieve.  In recent weeks the tragic deaths among families in Cork and Dublin, as well as living during a Worldwide Pandemic COVID-19, that has claimed the lives of so many people touches deeply into […]

“You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8) Dear Brothers and Sisters, “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8). These are the words spoken by Jesus when sending forth his apostles to spread the Gospel, so that his Kingdom might grow through acts of gratuitous love. On the XXVII World Day of the Sick, […]

Publication for World Day of the Sick 2010.  Theme: Be still February 2010 | Catholic Healthcare Commission

June 2009 | Healthcare Chaplaincy Board (effective from 1 January 2012)

The 17th World Day of the Sick takes place on Wednesday 11 February, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Pope Benedict XVI’s message this year focuses particularly on sick and suffering children.

PRESS RELEASE 2 October 2008 Bishops publish ‘Day for Life’ pastoral letter on the theme of mental health Mental ill health can happen to anyone – Catholic Bishops   The Catholic Church in Ireland will mark the ‘Day for Life’ 2008 this Sunday, 5 October, at Masses throughout the country with a Pastoral Letter addressing […]