Download the Message for Day for Life 2026 here Download Prayers of the Faithful here Download Day for Life Homily Notes here Download Message from Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of Day for Life here  Message for Day for Life 2026 “The humanity of the unborn child” Every year our Day for Life falls...

The National Pilgrimage for Life, organised by the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, will be celebrated on Saturday 20th June in Knock Shrine.  Mass will be celebrated at 3.00pm in the Basilica, during which the Anointing of the Sick will take place. Main celebrant and homilist will be Bishop Niall Coll....

Dioceses of Achonry and Elphin Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 28th August 2026 to the 2nd September 2026 inclusive.  Nominations for the Youth Section are being sought from parishes for young people to participate in the Pilgrimage.  Nominees aged between 17 and 20 are welcome to participate.  Nominees must be 17 years or...

DIOCESES OF ACHONY AND ELPHIN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES – ASSISTED PILGRIM SECTION The Dioceses of Achonry and Elphin Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 28th August, 2026 to the 2nd September, 2026 inclusive, under the leadership of Bishop Kevin Doran. Pilgrimage Highlights includes Mass at the Grotto, Torchlight and Blessed Sacrament Processions, Anointing of...

Bishop Kevin Doran welcomes Pope Leo naming Fr Flanagan on path to sainthood It was wonderful to receive the good news from Rome this morning that the Servant of God, Father Edward Flanagan, has been declared Venerable by Pope Leo XIV. Father Flanagan was born in Ballymoe, Co Galway, in the Diocese of Elphin, on...

Bishop Kevin invites you to attend the Mass of Chrism on Monday 30th March at 7.00pm in Ballaghaderreen Cathedral or Wednesday 1st April at 7.30pm in Sligo Cathedral.  During these Masses, Bishop Kevin will bless and consecrate the oils used in the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders and the Sick and the priests of...

Statement of Bishop Kevin Doran and Bishop Michael Duignan on the appointment of Archbishop Francis Duffy as Bishop of Killala and the uniting of the Diocese of Killala and the Archdiocese of Tuam in Persona Episcopi We very much welcome the announcement that Pope Leo has appointed Archbishop Francis Duffy as Bishop of Killala while at...

Rite of Election – Homily of Bishop Kevin at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo  Lent is a kind of spiritual journey – a pilgrimage towards Easter. It is a time for living more fully the gift and the responsibility of our Baptism. Each year, the Church invites us once again to take part...

18th to the 24th January 2026 Catholic Schools – Normal Lives, Called to Holiness “Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.” — Pope Francis on Blessed Carlo Acutis Introduction Catholic Schools Week 2026 celebrates the extraordinary call to holiness in the midst of ordinary life. Inspired by...

Hello and Happy Christmas to you all. Many of you will remember the man used to turn up behind the goal posts at GAA matches with a sign that simply said “John 3:16”. “John 3:16” is the verse in St. John’s Gospel, where we read: “God so loved the world that gave his only Son, so that...