An invitation from Bishop McKeown - 33 days of family prayer

Date: 2024-12-01

Child Consecration to Jesus through Mary following in the Spirit of St Thérèse, the Little Flower From the week following the Baptism of the Lord...

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Parish and Family Prayer for Advent 2024

Date: 2024-11-30

Advent: A season of Hope, Love Joy and Peace An opportunity to reflect and pray on the Gospels of Advent Sundays Each Sunday of Advent, we will sha...

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The Net - November 2024

Date: 2024-11-08

The November 2024 edition of 'The Net', the monthly publication sharing the fruits of the faith in our parish communities within the Diocese of Der...

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FINAL DOCUMENT - For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission

Date: 2024-10-30

The final document from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod has been published and is available as a working translation in English.&nb...

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Over a thousand take part in Rosary procession to the grotto of Our Lady at St Eugenes’s Cathedral

Date: 2024-10-17

As part of the ceremonies marking the visit of the Holy Relics of Saint Bernadette to the Diocese of Derry, a rosary procession by candlelight was ...

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St. Clement of Alexandria

Date: 2024-10-17

St. Clement of Alexandria

Feast date: Dec 04

Dec. 4 was once the traditional feast day of an early Christian theological author whose legacy is controversial, but who is cited as a saint in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and has been described as such in several addresses of Pope Benedict XVI. The writer in question is Saint Clement of Alexandria, who led the city's famous Catechetical School during the late second century. Clement is not always referred to as a saint in Church documents, and his feast day was removed from the Western liturgical calendar around the year 1600 due to suspicions about some of his writings. Eastern Christian traditions also seem to regard ...

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St. John of Damascus

Date: 2024-10-17

St. John of Damascus

Feast date: Dec 04

Catholics remember and celebrate the life of the great Arab Church Father St. John of Damascus on Dec. 4.

Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics, whose tradition has been particularly shaped by his insights, celebrate the saint's feast on the same day as the Roman Catholic Church.

Among Eastern Christians, St. John (676-749) is best known for his defense of Christian sacred art, particularly in the form of icons. While the churches of Rome and Constantinople were still united during St. John's life, the Byzantine Emperor Leo III broke radically from the ancient tradition of the church, charging that the venerat...

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