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Garland Sunday at the Holy Well 2018
Tobernalt Holy Well, Co Sligo celebrates Garland Sunday this weekend 28th – 29th July 2018. Bishop Kevin will celebrate 6am Mass on Sunday. SATURDAY 28 JULY 2018 7.00pm Confession at the Holy Well 7.30pm Evening Mass – Remembering Our Faith SUNDAY 29 JULY 2018 6.00am Dawn Mass – Camino from St Anne’s...
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock 19 August 2018
The annual Elphin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock will take place on Sunday 19th August 2018. Bishop Kevin will be main celebrant and homilist at the 3pm Mass. The Sacrament of the Sick will precede the Mass at 2.30pm. All are very welcome to join us in Knock during the Novena as we pray together for...
Relics of Ss Louis and Zélie Martin and St Therese to visit Sligo Cathedral
As part of a national pilgrimage, the Relics of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin and their daughter, Saint Therese of Lisieux will visit the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo on Wednesday 15th August 2018, arriving at 11.30am (until 9pm) and departing on Thursday 16th August after the 8.00am Mass. The Relics of these three...
Sligo Family Feature in WMOF2018 TV Series
The O’Brien Family from Sligo As part of the preparation for the World Meeting of Families 2018 and the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, a 6-part television series has been commissioned by the World Meeting of Families to help explore the document written by Pope Francis on love in the family. The O’Brien family...
Homily of Bishop Kevin at Jubilee of Marriages 2018
Jubilee of Marriages 2018 Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon – 10th June 2018 It is lovely to gather to today to give thanks for the the gift of love. It is God’s gift to us. God is love and he shares his Spirit with us It is our gift to one another, which He makes possible....
Blessing and Official Opening of Cloonakilla NS, Bealnamulla, Athlone
Words of Bishop Kevin on the Occasion of the Blessing and official Opening of Cloonakilla National School, Bealnamulla, Athlone 7th June 2018 Photo with thanks to Ss Peter and Paul’s Parish, Athlone I was very interested to discover that the original Cloonakilla National School was built in 1958, just sixty years ago this year. I...
A Pastoral Message from Bishop Kevin following Referendum on 8th Amendment
As we awake to the reality that Irish people have voted by a significant majority for abortion, my thoughts go out to the thousands of good people, across our Diocese and across the nation, who worked so hard to protect the right to life both of women and their unborn children. I include among them...
Icon of World Meeting of Families visits the Diocese of Elphin
Icon of the World Meeting of Families 2018 visits the Diocese of Elphin Click here to read about this very special Icon Friday 25 May – Sligo Cathedral Icon will leave the Cathedral after the 11.30am Confirmation Mass and will be present at the Graduation Mass at Summerhill College from 2pm – 3pm. Icon will...
Homily of Very Rev. Michael Duignan at Funeral of Bishop Jones RIP
Homily of Very Rev. Michael Duignan, Diocesan Secretary of the Diocese of Elphin at the Requiem Mass for Christopher Jones, Bishop of Elphin (1994-2014) Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo, Tuesday 22 May 2018 These May Days The wild ducks have arrived to reoccupy the little pond outside Bishop Christy’s house. The swallows are back as...
Words of Welcome by Bishop Kevin Doran, at the Funeral Mass of Bishop Jones RIP
Words of Welcome by Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin at the Funeral Mass of Bishop Christopher Jones RIP Tuesday 22nd May 2018, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo Today is, in some ways, a formal public moment in the life of our Diocese, but it is also a gathering of the many families of...
