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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...

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...

Jul
31

Homily - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time B - Bishop McKeown

Sunday, 28 July 2024 These five Sunday passages from St John are packed with invitations to think very deeply about the mystery of the word made flesh...

May
27

125th anniversary of Sacred Heart Church, Omagh

Homily - Bishop McKeown We all pick up little nuggets of wisdom as we go through life. One that I learned many years ago is that the way we choose to ...

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...

Apr
22

Homily - Good Shepherd Sunday - Bishop McKeown

Sunday, 21 April 2024 Year B When we think that we are in charge of the Church's future or that we know the simple solution to our problems, we are pr...

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 ...

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...

Mar
28

Homily - Chrism Mass 2024 - Bishop McKeown

Holy Thursday, 28 March 2024St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry This Chrism Mass presents us every year with the start of Jesus' ministry. He returns from hi...

Feb
05

Bishop Donal McKeown’s homily for the celebration of Mass for the Feast of Saint Brigid

Brigid, Patrick and Columba were key pillars in the young Irish church. Brigid was about 10 when St Patrick died and, if historical dates are correct,...

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