NEW YEAR MESSAGE 2017 Bishop Leo O’Reilly New Year’s Day is the day that the Church celebrates the annual World Day of Peace. This year marks the fiftieth World Day of Peace. It was inaugurated by Pope Paul VI and, since then, there has been a message each year from the Holy Father to mark […]
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2016 Bishop Leo O’Reilly Christmas greetings to you wherever you are today. Every family has their own particular way of marking Christmas, their own traditions and rituals which are often handed down from parents or grandparents. Still, we are all united in remembering and celebrating the birth of Christ our Saviour. Christmas, we […]
MASS FOR CLOSING OF YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE Cathedral of St Patrick and St Felim Cavan 31 January 2016 It is providential that the Year of Consecrated Life ends some weeks after the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. The intersection of the two years points to an important link between mission of consecrated […]
CHURCH UNITY WEEK Church of Ireland, Cavan 24 January 2016 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is good that we are here during this week of prayer for Christian unity to pray together and to express the faith that we share in common. We are already united by the Spirit living in […]
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 2016 St Ninidh’s Church Derrylin The theme of Catholic Schools Week this year is: ‘Challenged to proclaim God’s Mercy’. The theme of God’s Mercy was chosen because this year is the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis inaugurated the Year of Mercy on 8th December last by opening the Holy Door in […]
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE 1 JANUARY 2016 We begin the New Year as always with the celebration of the feast of Mary, the Mother of God. We place ourselves, our families, our Church and our people under her protection and we ask God’s blessing on us and on all we undertake in the […]
NEW YEAR MESSAGE Bishop Leo O’Reilly 1st January 2016 We begin the New Year as always with the celebration of the feast of Mary, the Mother of God. We place ourselves, our families, our Church and our people under her protection and we ask God’s blessing on us and on all we undertake in […]
Christmas Message 2015 Bishop Leo O’Reilly This year we are celebrating Christmas during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. This Holy Year was inaugurated by Pope Francis a few weeks ago, when he opened the Holy Door in St Peter’s in Rome. We launched the Jubilee a week later in our own diocese by opening a […]
INAUGURATION OF JUBILEE OF MERCY 13 Dec 15 Today we inaugurate the Jubilee Year of Mercy announced by Pope Francis last April. The Pope himself launched the Jubilee Year on Tuesday last, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, by opening the Holy Door and celebrating Mass in St Peter’s in Rome. We have just opened […]
DEDICATION OF ALTAR ST BRIGID’S CHURCH KILLOUGHTER 9 AUGUST 20I5 I am sure St Brigid must be smiling down on us today as we come together to dedicate this beautiful new altar and celebrate the refurbishment of this church dedicated to her name. It happens that we are celebrating this event on the feast of […]
