Homily Preached by Monsignor Liam Kelly, Diocesan Administrator, in the Cathedral of SS. Patrick & Felim, Cavan on 15 February 2019, the World Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing I shall want We gather here this evening, on this world day of prayer for […]
The words of the book of Ecclesiastes set the tone of our liturgy as we come together to take leave of Fr Dan Sheridan: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to pluck […]
Bishop Leo’s final Pastoral letter as Bishop of Kilmore may be accessed by using this link: Bishop Leo’s Letter December 2018
Some months ago Bishop Leo O’Reilly, on medical advice, wrote to Pope Francis requesting him to accept his early retirement as Bishop of Kilmore due to ill-health, in accordance with Canon 401, #2 of the Code of Canon Law. It is announced this morning in Rome (at noon, local time) that Pope Francis has accepted […]
I happened to tune in to a radio programme in Germany a couple of days ago. It was about an unusual carol service that takes place every year in a football stadium in East Berlin. East Berlin of course was the capital of the former Communist East Germany. Of all the regions of the old […]
I had a call from someone in Northern Sound radio during the week asking if I wanted to do a message for Christmas Day. I said I had already recorded a piece for the religious slot on Christmas morning, but he said he wanted something for the news and current affairs programme. He suggested a […]
Warmest Christmas Greetings to all our people in the diocese of Kilmore, here at home and all around the world. No more than yourselves, I am very fond of Christmas. I love the carols and the cards, the decorations and the crib, the packed church at the Christmas eve Mass, the sense of togetherness and […]
Following their recent Winter General Meeting in Maynooth, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ have published the following statement: “We are dismayed that, for the most part, the voices of those who voted against abortion in May’s referendum have been ignored. Even what many people would have deemed to have be very reasonable legislative amendments seeking to […]
SCOIL CHLANN NAOFA BALLINAMORE BLESSING AND OFFICIAL OPENING 15 November 2018 It’s very fitting that this new school has chosen the name Scoil Chlann Naofa in the year when we celebrated the World Meeting of Families. The school is a family of families, and the Holy Family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, is a […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly was the principal celebrant of the Annual Diocesan P.T.A.A. Mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Belturbet on Sunday 4 November 2018 which was followed by a Dinner Dance in the Seven Horseshoes Hotel. A presentation was made to the new President of P.T.A.A. Mr Matt Boylan from the Ballyjamesduff Centre. […]
