by DavidM | Aug 26, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
Convent of the Dominican Sisters (Dublin) Sunday, 26 August 2018 Dear Brother Bishops, As my visit to Ireland comes to a close, I am grateful for this chance to spend a few moments with you. I thank Archbishop Eamon Martin for his gracious words of introduction...
by DavidM | Aug 22, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
Family “Circle” of Tender Love Recently someone sent me a collection of old prayers known as “Circle prayers”. Apparently they were popular in Celtic countries like Ireland. Circle prayers ask God to surround us with his love and protection – one beautiful...
by DavidM | Aug 21, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny. This evening we open the 9th World Meeting of Families simultaneously with a special liturgical prayer service in each of the twenty six Cathedrals across the island of Ireland. Next Saturday, we will welcome Pope Francis to...
by DavidM | Aug 21, 2018 | News archive 2018, News archive 2019
RDS Dublin. This is an important evening. After many months of preparation, this evening in every diocese across Ireland, we open the World Meeting of Families with a service of Evening Prayer. I greet the representatives, priests, religious and lay men and women, of...
by DavidM | Jun 19, 2018 | Features, Headlines
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed the Very Reverend Thomas Deenihan (a priest of the Diocese of Cork & Ross) as the new Bishop of Meath. The news of the appointment was made public at 12.00 noon on Monday 18 June in the Vatican (11.00am Irish time)....
