Pope Francis sends a video-message to participants of a 4-day gathering in Lourdes responding to his call for a ‘Poor Church for the Poor’.

The Mass will air live on RTÉ One Television and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra/Long wave 252) at 11.00am on Sunday.

The third World Day of the Poor will be marked in the Universal Church on Sunday 17 November 2019.  It was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, issued on 20 November 2016 to celebrate the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. 

That a spirit of dialogue, encounter, and reconciliation emerge in the Near East, where diverse
religious communities share their lives together. 

Looking for a rainy-day film? Check out 'All or Nothing,' the inspiring story of Sr. Clare Crockett, a native of Derry who entered the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother and was tragically killed in an earthquake in 2016.

You are invited to attend an information evening on the new ‘Programme of Formation for Lay Pastoral Ministry and Leadership’ which will be offered in the Diocese of Limerick next year.

It was in 1921, during the papacy of Pope Benedict XV (1914-22; he beatified Oliver Plunkett in 1920) that the Feast of All the Saints of Ireland was instituted.

Huge thanks to everyone for a wonderful gathering at our Holy Halloween Event last night in the Diocesan Centre