“Synodality offers us all the opportunity to share our experience of the Church today.  People need to be heard.” – Bishop Dempsey  Our Synodal Journey As I look back over my life and especially since I entered priestly formation in 1989 there has been a lot of change in the Church and society.  As someone

You, or a representative, are invited to attend the official launch of ‘Missio Ireland’ and this year’s World Mission Sunday Campaign.  For journalists wishing to attend, please contact the Catholic Communications Office on info@catholicbishops.ie as numbers are limited due to Covid restrictions.  Details: When      Monday, 18 October 2021, from 2.15pm to 3.15pm Where   

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Last Sunday in Rome, 10 October 2021, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, invited Catholics all over the world to come with him “on a journey” as a “Synodal Church”.  The word synod means “walking together”.  It indicates a way of being together as Church and “discerning” how best to

Welcome I welcome you all as we celebrate the twenty-fifth in-service of the Tuam Presbyterate.  Our in-service Silver Jubilee had to be postponed last year, but thank God it is possible for us to gather, belatedly, for it this year. Ours must be a faith-filled response When we gathered here in Hotel Westport in the

Today we remember with gratitude the women and men of religious congregations who established the post-primary schools, at the invitation of the local bishop, for the education and faith formation of the children of the local parish.  These founders were especially concerned to provide for the most marginalised in the community, especially the poor in