In these days leading up to Easter and then in the weeks following Easter, the 50 days of the Paschal season up to Pentecost, use the opportunity if you need to, to shift things in your own life that are weighing down on you, that are troubling your conscience.

Use the opportunity to go to the sacrament of confession that’s readily available in all our parishes.”

For the occasion of the Jubilee Year of Prayer 2025, the Teach us to Pray handbook has been created to accompany Christian faith communities and parishes on the path of preparation for the Jubilee 2025.

The booklet contains very useful guides and reminders of occasions of prayer, including:
prayer in the Parish Community;
prayer in the Family;
prayer with Young People;
prayer in Sanctuaries; and more
including catechesis on prayer.

The diocese environmental group 'Laudato Si Derry' has developed a diocesan environmental policy to help and support each of us in our parishes address the crisis of climate and biodiversity loss and care for God's creation.