Diocese of Derry Three Day Pilgrimage to Lough Derg 2025

Date: 2025-04-28

Will you join the Diocese of Derry pilgrimage to this Holy place? This pilgrimage to Lough Derg is an opportunity to give thanks to God for having ...

Homily - Mass for Pope Francis

Date: 2025-04-28

St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry. 25 April 2025 On the eve of the funeral of Pope Francis  The scripture readings this week have all focused on tw...

Statement from Bishop McKeown

Date: 2025-04-19

The Diocese of Derry is aware that Fr Edward Gallagher has appeared in court in relation to serious charges of a sexual nature in relation to attem...

Homily - Mass of Chrism - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2025-04-18

Holy Thursday, 17 April 2025 St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry  In these days we celebrate the final events in the life of Jesus. But it is interes...

Holy Week & Easter 2025

Date: 2025-04-16

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...

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Date: 2025-04-16

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Feast date: Apr 28

Gianna Beretta Molla was born on October 4, 1922 in Magenta, Italy. She was the tenth of 13 children in her family. She grew up in a devout Catholic home and quickly learned the value of prayer. As a young adult, she joined the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Gianna began to study medicine during World War II. In 1950 she opened her own medical office in Mesero, which was near her hometown. A couple years later she began to specialize in pediatrics and was drawn towards mothers, babies, the elderly, and the poor.

In 1954 Gianna met Pietro Molla, an engineer who worked in her office. In September of 1955 the two beca...

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

Date: 2025-04-16

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

Feast date: Apr 28

St. Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady, “Totus Tuus ego sum,” which means, “I am all yours.” The late-Pope John Paul II took the phrase “Totus Tuus” as his episcopal motto.

Born in Montfort, Brittany, on January 31, 1673, St. Louis-Marie possessed a strong devotion to the Blessed Sacrament as a child, and was also intimately devoted to the Blessed Virgin, especially through th...