Bishop John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley shares his experience of a Consecration to Jesus through Mary

Date: 2025-01-06

Bishop John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley shares his experience of a Consecration to Jesus through Mary with Bishop Donal McKeown.  Bishop McKeown...

Jubilee 2025 - Calendar of Major Events

Date: 2025-01-03

There will be events taking place in Rome throught the Jubilee year. The major events are listed below. January 2025 24-26 January Jubilee of the W...

Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

Date: 2025-01-03

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 yea...

Homily - World Day of Peace 2025 - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2025-01-03

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 J...

Christmas message from Bishop Donal McKeown, Bishop of Derry

Date: 2024-12-19

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...

St. Agnes

Date: 2024-12-19

St. Agnes

Feast date: Jan 21

On Jan. 21, the Roman Catholic Church honors the virgin and martyr St. Agnes, who suffered death for her consecration to Christ.

Although the details of Agnes' life are mostly unknown, the story of her martyrdom has been passed on with reverence since the fourth century. On the feast day of the young martyr – whose name means “lamb” in Latin – the Pope traditionally blesses lambs, whose wool will be used to make the white pallium worn by archbishops.

Born into a wealthy family during the last decade of the third century, Agnes lived in Rome during the last major persecution of the early Church under the Emperor Diocleti...