Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily on the occasion of the visit of the Eucharistic Congress Bell Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim, Cavan 22nd May 2011 The pilgrimage of the Congress Bell began in Armagh on St Patrick’s Day. Since then it has made its way around the dioceses of the North. It arrived to […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Easter Homily delivered at the Easter Vigil Cathedral of SS Patrick & Felim, Cavan, 23rd April 2011 I’m not a regular TV viewer so I sometimes miss good programmes. I almost missed a very good programme during the week – a very appropriate programme for Holy Week. I was lucky enough […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Chrism Mass, Holy Thursday Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim, Cavan, 21st April 2011 The priests here will remember the retreat we had last June. At the beginning of the first talk the priest giving the retreat went up to the table in front, sat down and spent […]
Homily of Bishop Leo O’Reilly at the Funeral Mass of Canon Micheál Kelly St Patrick’s Church, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 9th February 2011 The words of the book of Ecclesiastes in our first reading remind us of something that we might rather forget – that as certainly as each of us was born, each of […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily The Cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim, Cavan 6th February 2011 (5th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A) CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK I went to primary school in Tullyvin a long time ago. A hundred yards before you reached the school there was a road sign that said, scoil, school, and above […]
BISHOP LEO O’REILLY’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2010 One of the highlights of the year gone by in Cavan was Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in August. It gave a great lift to the town and the county and was widely acknowledged as a great success. It was so successful in fact that Cavan was asked to host […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Vigil for All Nascent Human Life St. Clare’s Church, Cavan, 27th November 2010 We join tonight with the Holy Father in this Vigil of Prayer for human life at its beginnings. We join with groups like this in other parishes throughout the diocese, in dioceses throughout the country […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily on the Feast of St Columban Church of San Colombano, Al Lambro, Italy 21st November 2010 It’s a great honour for me as Bishop of the diocese of Kilmore in Ireland to preside at this Mass for the annual celebration of your patron saint, Saint Columban. I thank your bishop, […]
Bishop O’Reilly’s Homily at a Mass for Deceased Priests and Bishops The Pastoral Centre, Cullies, Cavan, 17th November 2010 A year ago we were in Corlough for the funeral of Fr Eugene Loughlain. We gather today to remember him and all our brother priests and bishops who have died and to pray for them […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Address at the Cavan Association Dinner London, 6 November 2010 I thank the committee of the Cavan Association here in London for the invitation to join you once again for your annual dinner dance. It is good to be here and to renew friendships and acquaintances and to see the fruits of […]
