The Shrine of Our Lady of Knock is now once again open to welcome pilgrims. The annual Dromore Diocesan Pilgrimage will be celebrated for the first time in three years on Ascension Sunday, 29th May 2022 and you are invited. This year we will be in Knock on the same day as the Armagh Diocesan pilgrimage, and also have the …
It’s time to come back to church
Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered in-person recently for their Spring 2022 General Meeting at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Emphasising the centrality of the Sunday Obligation to the Catholic Faith, bishops said, “We pray in the Mass that it is ‘indeed right and just, our duty and our salvation’ to give thanks to the Lord, and the Sunday …
St. Patrick’s Day (With Mass Times)
Mass Times For St Patrick’s Day 16th March at 7.30pm in St Brigid’s and St Joseph’s Sheeptown.17th March at 10.30am in Newry Cathedral (on Irish) and St Mary’s.St Catherine’s at 8.00am, 9am, 10.30am, 12.30pm. St Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and hence Patrick is a very popular name with about 7 million around the world people …
Article: Room in our heart – no room in our home
Why is there room in our heart but not in our home for our fellow Europeans in their plight? The Catholic Church teaches that all people have the right to live a dignified life in their homeland. Tragically, over 45 million people around the world are currently displaced. The recent conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the issue on a European …
Article: As Christians, can we ever justify war?
Only this week, did I learn that Ukraine is the 2nd largest country in Europe with a population of 44 million. The eyes of the world and the media are now trained in horror on this part of the world. It somehow does not seem real that a continent than has experienced the horrors of the two World Wars of …
Mass times for Ash Wednesday
Mass times for Ash Wednesday in Newry and Saval parishes: 10.30am Newry Cathedral 7.30pm in St. Brigid’s Church, Newry 7.30pm in St. Joseph’s, Sheeptown Ash Wednesday 2022: Day of Fasting for Peace Pope Francis is inviting everyone to make this coming 2nd March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace. He’s asking believers to dedicate themselves intensively to prayer …
Summer Camps for children in years 8, 9, 10 & 11
The diocesan summer camp will take place during the first 3 weeks of July 2022 as follows: 11th to 15th July 2022 – year 8s 18th to 22nd July 2022 – year 9s 25th to 29th July 2022 – year 10s and 11s Our camps are a Monday to Friday residential experience. Lots of activities, fun and a great opportunity …
Article: This Lent, return to yourself
The 2nd of March is Ash Wednesday, and it marks the beginning of Lent. It always takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday and comes from the Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice of wearing ashes on our foreheads symbolises the dust from which God made us. Ashes are traditionally made from the blessed palm branches from Palm Sunday in the …
Your invitation to participate in the synod
You are aware of the diocese preparing for the Synod in Rome in 2023. All parishioners have been asked to make their views be made known to the six questions devised for this purpose. Some parishioners have done so already. Could I ask others to avail of this opportunity to do so before the end of February. Ways to participate …
Profile: Deacon Brendan McAllister
Newry Cathedral Parish congratulates newly ordained Deacon Brendan McAllister Many roads on his Journey with God On Sunday 30th January, Brendan McAllister was ordained in Armagh Cathedral as a deacon for the Diocese of Dromore. From Greenwood Drive on the Warrenpoint Road, Brendan attended the Christian Brothers’ schools in Newry before going to Queens University to study History and Politics. …