The Easter Vigil is the oldest vigil in Christianity. The people of God rejoice at the Resurrection of Christ. The celebration of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (the Sacred Triduum) is the high point of the Church’s liturgical year. Please click here...
Wishing you a Blessed St Patrick's Day! St Patrick According to Patrician scholar, Máire B. de Paor, the evidence of St Patrick’s Confession favours Silva Focluti, the Wood of Fochaill, on the western shore of Killala Bay, as the location of the six years Patrick...
Welcome to our #LivingLent feature for the Season of Lent 2022. In this feature you will find information on The Meaning of Lent Why we receive ashes on Ash Wednesday Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2022 Pope Francis’ call for Ash Wednesday to be a...
Please click here to read Lenten Message from Pope Francis.
Professor Michael Conway, Professor of Faith and Culture at St Patrick's College, Maynooth will deliver a course entitled, "Keeping Faith in the Future" at the Newman Institute, Ballina. The course will examine topics including Women in the Church, Contemporary...
Commemorating the 175th anniversary of Black ‘47 Historians of the Great Famine have long lamented the lack of local research reflected in the paucity of regional studies and how areas well served by local historians confirmed the popular impression that the crisis...
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a particularly difficult time for those who have lost loved ones and have often had to cope with their grief without many of the usual spiritual and community supports. To pastorally support everyone who has suffered the pain of...
Bishop Martin Hayes will represent the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference at COP26 in November. COPs (Conference of the Parties) are annual global climate summits attended by officials from nearly every country on Earth. This year the UK, in partnership with Italy,...
World Mission Sunday is the Holy Father’s annual appeal for spiritual and financial support so that the life-giving work of overseas mission and missionaries can continue. It always falls on the second last Sunday in October, meaning this year it will be celebrated on...
The Diocesan Launch of the Synodal Pathway will take place in the Newman Institute, Ballina, on Sunday, October 17th at 5.00pm. Two members of every Parish Pastoral Council in the diocese will join Bishop Fleming, the Placing Hope in Faith Leadership Team, the priests...