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. […]
Pictured above from left to right: Deputy Martin Kenny TD, Robbie Allison (Crossdoney Construction), Cllr. Madeleine Argue (Cathaoirleach, Cavan County Council), Tony Connolly (Chair, Board of Management), Cllr. John Paul Feely, Cllr. Peter McVitty, Deputy Heather Humphreys TD (Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation), Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Terence Reynolds (School Principal), Cllr. Damien Brady, Deputy […]
10 September 2018 I welcome the completion of the second review of safeguarding practice in the diocese of Kilmore. The review was carried out by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland during February and March 2018. Our first review, carried out in 2010, focused mainly on the management of […]
WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES OPENING ST NINNIDH’S CHURCH, DERRYLIN 21 August 2018 At this moment people are gathered like us in every diocese in the country for the opening ceremonies of The World Meeting of Families. Here in Kilmore diocese, we have come together to pray that this vast gathering of families from Ireland and […]
My first comment on the visit of Pope Francis over last weekend is that it was a huge success. Importantly I am conscious that his two-day intensive pilgrimage wasn’t so much a visit to Ireland, rather the Holy Father came here to attend events associated with the conclusion of the five-day celebration of […]
