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Nov
30

Parish and Family Prayer for Advent 2024

Advent: A season of Hope, Love Joy and Peace An opportunity to reflect and pray on the Gospels of Advent Sundays Each Sunday of Advent, we will share ...

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Jan
01

Homily - New Year's Day/World Day of Peace 2024 - Bishop McKeown

LVII World Day of Peace 2024 - Artificial Intelligence and Peace | Francis (vatican.va) With all the horrible wars going on around the world and the a...

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Mar
31

Homily - Easter 2024 - Bishop McKeown

Easter is a time for many commemorations and celebrations. For some is remains a religious festival that just marks the end of Lent. For others in Ire...

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Apr
10

Homily - Divine Mercy Sunday - Bishop McKeown

Do we greet the unfamiliar face that we have never seen before? Do we look beyond our circle of friends and greet those who may come from a different ...

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May
07

Homily - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Bishop McKeown

This is a time when there is much need for renewal in the church. The purpose of renewal is not to make the church strong and make ourselves feel in c...

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Dec
19

Christmas message from Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry

The last few years have been difficult for many people. There's been the pandemic, there's been the financial crisis, there's homelessness for many, a...

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Jan
03

Homily - World Day of Peace 2025 - Bishop McKeown

World Day of Peace - 1st January, 2025 Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace Since 1968, on the initiative of Pope Paul VI, each year on Janu...

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Jan
03

Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

Pope Francis has declared that the year 2025 will be a Holy Year of Jubilee for the Catholic Church – an event that takes place once every 25 years.&n...

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May
13

National Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine - Adult studies in Catechism of the Catholic Church

The adult studies in Catechism of the Catholic Church National Pilgrimage to Ireland's Eucharistic and Marian Shrine in Knock takes place on Saturday ...

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May
01

Meditating with Mary in the Month of May

Mary, full of God's grace, opened her heart so fully to God that His Word became incarnate in her womb, in the person of Jesus and through the power o...

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