An Historic Occasion The first ever ordination of a Permanent Deacon in the Church of the Risen Christ, Kiltoom, Athlone has taken place at 12 noon on Gaudete Sunday, 17th December 2017. The large congregation gathered, shared the joy of the occasion in a beautiful and uplifting ceremony during which Bishop Kevin Doran ordained local...

The first ever ordination of a Permanent Deacon in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone took place today, Friday 8th December 2017, at 3pm on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The large congregation gathered, shared the joy of the occasion in a beautiful and uplifting ceremony during which Bishop Kevin Doran ordained...

Young James writing his petition in North Co. Sligo As part of our preparations for the World Meeting of Families 2018, the organisers have given each diocese a beautiful wooden petition box.  This box will visit each parish from early November until August 2018.  You are invited to write a petition and place it in...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin includes almost all of County Roscommon, as well as a significant portion of County Sligo and some parts of East Galway. The Diocese seeks to carry on its activities in a manner which is consistent with the Gospel and with Catholic Social Teaching. (See www.elphindiocese.ie) The purpose of the...

Bishop Kevin presents Coláiste Chiaráin with Vestments he received at World Youth Day, Poland 2016 (Bishop Doran, Mr. Frank Smith, Mr. Brendan Waldron) The new voluntary secondary school in Athlone, Coláiste Chiaráin, was officially opened on Friday 24th November 2017 by the School Patron, Bishop of Elphin, Kevin Doran, and Mr. Denis Naughten TD, Minister...

Address by Very Rev Dr. Michael Duignan, Chancellor of the Diocese of Elphin, 23rd November 2017 As Evelyn O’Donnell, Chairperson of the Board of Directors has already outlined the founding force behind the establishment of Boyle Family Life Centre was the Catholic Diocese of Elphin. Over the years Bishop Conway and Bishop Jones have always...

  YOUNG ADULT PILGRIMAGE ASSISI – ANCIENT CHRISTIAN ROME   23rd June – 1st July, 2018 OPEN TO YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 35 MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS BY 22nd June 2018 LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE REGISTER EARLY TO SECURE A PLACE     The following must be submitted as soon as...

Pope Francis has designated Sunday 19th November as the first “World Day of the Poor”.  When we read the Scriptures, we find that, from Moses, through the Prophets, up to Jesus himself, and in the first Christian communities, there is always a special focus on the poor.  This love of preference for the poor is the only...

The Pope John Paul II Award Ceremony in the Diocese of Elphin took place in the College of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo on the 25th October 2017. 71 candidates received Papal Cross, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. The ceremony was attended by Bishop Kevin Doran, Mr Tom Walton (Supreme Secretary of the Knights of Columbanus),...

For her dedicated commitment and selfless service to the College, carried out in her own unique way, Summerhill College Sligo had the honour of conferring the 2017 Father John Leogue College of the Immaculate Conception Ethos Award to Sr Patricia Tomlinson rsm.   This year in response to a request from the selection committee to...