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Refugee Crisis
Refugee crisis in Syria, Iraq and North Africa
Trócaire urges Dáil recall and immediate response from Irish Government on European refugee crisis
Pictured above: Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Nicola Brady, Bishops' Council for Justice and Peace and the-Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Yohanna Petros Mouche. Trócaire has called for the Dáil to be recalled early to "establish an immediate...
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on 1 September 2015
Pope Francis has decided to set up a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” which will be celebrated on September 1st annually.
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National Eucharistic Congress 26-27 September 2015
National Eucharistic Congress 26 and 27 September 2015 ‘Christ, Our Hope’
Knock Novena to focus on Faith and Family from 14 – 22 August 2015
Daily Ceremonies at 3.00pm and 8.30pm. Workshops at 12noon and 6.00pm.
Annual Croagh Patrick ‘Reek Sunday’ Pilgrimage
The annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage takes place on the last Sunday in July on Ireland’s holy mountain Croagh Patrick in the Archdiocese of Tuam. This pilgrimage has been carried out uninterrupted for over 1500 years. Croagh Patrick has over 100,000 visitors annually...
Presentation of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod: “The vocation and the mission of the family in the Church and contemporary world”
Presentation of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod
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Laudato Si – Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on Care For Our Common Home
Laudato Si – Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis on Care For Our Common Home
Saint Columbanbus
Saint Columbanus was a sixth century Irish monk born around 543. He became a monk of Bangor and later principal teacher there. In 591, desiring to 'go on pilgrimage for Christ', he set out with twelve companions and came to Burgundy. He established monasteries at...
Press Statement from Summer 2015 General Meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference
This afternoon Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and Bishop Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin and President of Accord, hosted a media briefing at the Columba Centre in Saint...