Homily - Good Shepherd Sunday - Bishop McKeown

Date: 2024-04-22

Sunday, 21 April 2024 Year B When we think that we are in charge of the Church's future or that we know the simple solution to our problems, we are...

Leading God's People in Prayer

Date: 2024-04-22

Could you lead prayer in your parish? Could you make an impact on other people's prayer life? Is your parish in the Diocese of Derry? You are invit...

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 ...

St. Adalbert of Prague

Date: 2024-03-31

St. Adalbert of Prague

Feast date: Apr 23

Originally given the name of Wojtech, the boy who would be known as St. Adalbert was born to a family of nobility in the Central European region of Bohemia during the mid-900s. When Wojtech became seriously ill during his childhood, his parents resolved that they would offer their son to God as a priest if their prayers for his survival were granted.  Wojtech survived the illness, and his parents sent him to study with Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg, a Benedictine missionary who would later be canonized in his own right. The archbishop gave the young student his own name at confirmation, setting an example that the boy would foll...

St. George

Date: 2024-03-31

St. George

Feast date: Apr 23

St. George was a soldier of the Roman army who was tortured and beheaded for his Christian faith in the year 303, in Lydda (in modern day Palestine).  He was likely born in Cappadocia, of a Cappadocian father and a Palestinian mother of noble rank. At the death of his father (possibly martyrdom) he moved to Palestine with his mother where he joined the military and apparently served with some distinction, meriting several promotions in rank.

One account of the martyrdom of St. George is Eusebius´ Ecclesiastical History, which relates that when the emperor Diocletian issued an edict "to tear down the churches to the foundations and to de...