Synod - Towards October 2024

Date: 2024-04-12

Between the XVI Assembly of October 2023 and the XVI Assembly planned for October 2024, the local Churches and the groupings of Churches are invite...

Homily - Divine Mercy Sunday - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2024-04-10

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 differe...

Homily - Easter 2024 - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2024-03-31

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 ...

Homily - Chrism Mass 2024 - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2024-03-28

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...

Holy Week and Easter 2024

Date: 2024-03-26

During Holy Week, the Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation accomplished by Christ in the last days of his life on earth, beginning with his...

Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin

Date: 2024-03-26

Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin

Feast date: Apr 18

Esther Blondin was born in 1809 to a pious, French-Canadian farm family in southern Quebec. When she was old enough, she began to work as a domestic servant for a merchant and later for the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame. While she worked for the sisters, she learned to read and write.

During that time, Esther decided to enter the congregation as a novice. However, her health forced her to abandon the pursuit. Nevertheless, the literacy she had obtained opened door...