The Net - April 2024

Date: 2024-04-24

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

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...

St. Catherine of Siena

Date: 2024-04-10

St. Catherine of Siena

Feast date: Apr 29

St. Catherine was a third-order Dominican, peacemaker and counselor to the Pope. She singlehandedly ended the Avignon exile of the successors of Peter in the 14th century.

She is the co-patron of Italy and of Europe.

Born in Siena, on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1347, Catherine was the 23rd of Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa’s 25 children. Her twin sister died in infancy.

She exhibited an unusually independent character as a child and an exceptionally intense prayer life. When she was seven years old she had the first of her mystical visions, in which she saw Jesus surrounded by saints and seated in glor...