This year's series of Lenten talks follow the Gospel readings for each Sunday of Lent.

The #LivingLent initiative will take place on Facebook and will involve short daily suggestions based on the themes of fasting, prayer and almsgiving, which are the three pillars of the Lenten season.

Is lá an-gnóthach é Céadaoin an Luaithrigh don Athair Mícheál de Liostúin, ach bhí a dhóthain ama aige inniu le cuairt speisialta a thabhairt ar Ghaelscoil Sheoirse Clancy.

A Lenten Pastoral Letter from Bishop Leahy

Lent is a special time. It offers us forty days to take stock, take some steps, and take hold of our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ. It’s a time of conversion. 

Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy has asked that Lent this year be used as a commitment to step up care for our planet.

In the Christian tradition, the forty days is understood to refer to a time of intense prayer and preparation