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...

St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes

Date: 2024-03-26

St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes

Feast date: Apr 16

St. Bernadette Soubirous is the renowned visionary of Lourdes. She was born into a poor family in Lourdes, France, in 1844 and was baptized with the name Mary Bernard.

Our Lady first appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette on Feb. 11, 1858, in a cave on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. The visions continued for a period of several weeks. Two weeks after the first appearance of Our Lady, a spring emerged from the cave, and the waters were found to miraculously heal the sick and the lame. One month later, on March 25, the woman whom Bernadette had been seeing told her that her name was "the Immacula...