Pastoral Message from Archbishop Eamon Martin to launch the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025
29th December 2024 Feast of the Holy Family There couldn’t be a better time for a Jubilee Year of Hope! We live in a world where anxiety, doubt and sometimes even despair, often appear to have the upper hand. When Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year for 2025, he invited us to become ‘pilgrims of […]
Christmas Greetings from Archbishop Eamon
18 December 2024 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As the days of Advent draw to a close, I wish you a very happy Christmas and many blessings for the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025. I am most grateful for your dedication and commitment and for the generosity of your support during this past year. […]
ADORATION FOR VOCATIONS
ADORATION FOR VOCATIONSwith a gift from St John Paul II A monstrance, one of six, which was blessed in 2004 by the late Pope John Paul II in November 2004 was given to Europe for the purpose of praying for an increase in vocations. This monstrance will visit Ireland and travel across 12 dioceses over […]
Pastoral Letter: Embracing the Stranger, Challenges and Opportunities
Representatives from parishes in Dromore and Armagh attended a seminar on Saturday 12th October 2024 in Portadown entitled 'Embracing the Stranger, Challenges and Opportunities'. Archbishop Eamon Martin introduced the Pastoral Letter '100,000 welcomes?' of the Irish Irish Catholic Bishops' which explores what hospitality for migrants means in contemporary Ireland. More Details on Seminar: https://wp.me/p9f8ON-4rPRead the […]
Irish Bishops’ statement on end of life care
Bishops’ statement on end of life care: Freedom to Live Fully, Until Death Comes “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter.”[1] With that in mind, the Bishops of Ireland wish to invite […]