Commenting on the announcement that the Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry and the Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert are to retire on 31st October 2021, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd John McDowell, said: “There will be time and opportunity to say...
I offer my best wishes and every blessing on Bishop Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, on his retirement, which has just been announced and which takes place on October 31st next. For the past ten years I have enjoyed his friendship, his company, his advice and his...
The Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt Rev Dr Kenneth Kearon and the Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, the Rt Rev Patrick Rooke have both announced their intention to retire on 31st October. Ordained by the Bishop of Connor in 1978, Bishop Rooke served curacies in Mossley Parish,...
It was with a certain delight that MU members travelled to Holy Trinity Church, Westport for their Diocesan Service as it could not take place in Galway last year due to the Covid Restrictions of the time. There had not being a Mothers’ Union Service in the church for many...
Reading the whole of the Bible in Lent was no small undertaking and I should like to express my thanks to all who contributed in any way to this effort to raise funds for the water project in our link Diocese in Kajiado, Kenya. People from far and wide sent...
WHEN LOSS AND GRIEF STRIKE A PASTORAL SHORT COURSE OF SUPPORT IN TIMES OF LOSS AND GRIEF Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when someone or something you love is taken away. In these times of Covid 19, many of us have...
Following recent disturbances in Northern Ireland, the Church Leaders Group (Ireland) has written an open letter to political leaders in Northern Ireland, the Governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the European Union. The full letter reads as follows: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the...
One of the words which we associate most strongly with Easter is “hope”. It is a word that has become a bit debased in the way we use it nowadays. “I hope so,” very often means “I would like to think this or that might happen, but I doubt if...
A Joint Statement to the Members of the Church of Ireland from the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin The Most Revd John McDowell & The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson Love our neighbour • Protect our communities The Archbishops of the Church of Ireland have issued the...
TO DONATE PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW www.idonate.ie/TKAfundraiser The diocese is raising money for a new project in the diocese of Kajiado in Kenya. We will be partnering with Water Drops, and raising money for a pump house which is planned for the new bore hole at Imaroro...
