by Chah Garde | Dec 29, 2023 | Latest, News Archive 2023
Statement by Archbishop Eamon Martin I was sad to learn last evening of the death of Bishop Patrick Walsh after a lifetime of dedicated service as a priest and bishop of the Diocese of Down and Connor. Although Bishop Walsh had retired before I came to serve as...
by Chah Garde | Dec 29, 2023 | Latest, News Archive 2023
Statement by Bishop Donal McKeown, Apostolic Administrator of Down and Connor, upon the death of Bishop Patrick Walsh RIP, Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor It is with great sadness that I learned of the death of Bishop Patrick Walsh yesterday evening in Nazareth...
by Chah Garde | Dec 25, 2023 | Latest, News Archive 2023
Homily of Bishop Kevin for the Mass of the Nativity 2023 Like many pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land, Bethlehem is a place where history and eternity meet; but you could easily miss it. In normal times, it is a bustling town, full of shops and high-rise...
by Chah Garde | Dec 25, 2023 | Latest, News Archive 2023
Saint Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Homily for Mass of the Nativity 2023 The chorus of Handel’s Messiah begins with a delicate, “For unto us a child is born”, and builds to a thunderous, “And his name shall be called Wonderful…” In a...
by Chah Garde | Dec 19, 2023 | Latest, News Archive 2023
My dear brothers and sisters, This Christmas, it is poignant to remember a pilgrimage I made earlier this year to the Holy Land. Walking in the footsteps of Jesus, we visited the sacred sites of Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem, recalling and contemplating the...
