Calendar

Jun
15
Thu
Armagh Diocesan Advisors in Religious Education: Religious education day 2017 @ Drumcree Pastoral Centre, Portadown
Jun 15 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Jun
29
Thu
Iona Institute – Media Training Workshop @ St Brides parish hall, Belfast
Jun 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The Iona Institute NI invite you to take part in ‘How to speak up’ media training workshops

Gain confidence in speaking out on important issues like The meaning of marriage & The right to life. Adult evening session Thursday 29th June 6 -8.30 pm. Youth 15yrs+ one day event Friday 30th June 10.00am -3.00pm

Both events held inSt Brides parish hall 38 Derryvolgie avenue Belfast BT9 6FP. To book a place & find out more email [email protected] or call 07531149891 

 

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Jul
9
Sun
Christopher West @ The Barbican Centre, Drogheda
Jul 9 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Christopher West is Coming To 
St. Peter
’s Parish Drogheda

 Join us in the Barbican Centre, Drogheda on 9th of July from 3-5pm were world-renowned author, speaker and theologian Christopher West will unfold St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body”. 

Theology of the Body answers the questions of every human life: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I be happy?. 

Everyone; whether you are single, in a relationship, married or in Religious life, young or old, all are welcome to attend this one off event in St. Peter’s Parish, Drogheda.

There will be no entrance fee for this event, donation only.

Christopher West Ireland Tour

Aug
10
Thu
Archdiocesan Centenary Pilgrimage to Fatima
Aug 10 – Aug 17 all-day

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to the three shepherd children at Fatima in 1917 Archbishop Eamon Martin is leading an Archdiocesan Centenary Pilgrimage to Fatima from 10th – 17thAugust 2017 staying in the Tres Pastorinhos Hotel (situated 5 minutes from the Sanctuary Square). The cost is €848 per person sharing inclusive of taxes, insurance and all meals. Coaches to Dublin Airport from specific locations within the archdiocese will be arranged. All bookings must be made through Pilgrimages Abroad, 69 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1  Telephone (ROI) 01 635 9300   (NI) 003531 635 9300. Demand for this pilgrimage is expected to be very high and since there are a limited number of places available immediate booking is essential. 200€ deposit guarantees your place.  Booking commences 22nd February 2016. Booking forms are available in the sacristy after Mass. 

For more information contact Fr Seamus White tel 028 8772 2631 or Joe McLaughlin tel 028 9070 1606 (mobile) 077 1180 8207

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Aug
21
Mon
Charles Wood Summer School for Girls @ Armagh
Aug 21 – Aug 27 all-day
Sep
16
Sat
Ordination of five men to Permanent Diaconate @ Armagh Cathedral
Sep 16 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Saturday, 16 September at 3.00pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, five men will be ordained to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Armagh. They are Martin Brennan (Armagh), Martin Cunningham (Ardee), Tony Hughes (Keady), Paul Mallon (Dungannon), Eamon Quinn (Donaghmore). We wish them all the best on their ordination and future ministry and ask you to keep them and their families in your prayers.

Sep
25
Mon
Armagh chaplaincy support group @ Armagh Pastoral Centre, Dundalk
Sep 25 all-day
Oct
8
Sun
St Gerard Majella Solemn Novena @ Holy Redeemer Church
Oct 8 @ 10:00 am – Oct 16 @ 10:00 am

Theme: Let Jesus Renew your Family

Wednesday 11th October
Celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Friday 13th October
Healing Mass with the Anointing of the Sick and Elderly.

Sunday 15th October 3:00pm
The Blessing of Babies and Children

Weekdays 10.00am & 7.30pm
Sunday 10.00am, 11.30am & 6.00pm

Votive Candles can be purchased in the Church foyer for €2 each and will be burned during the novena in the small chapel.
St. Gerard’s booklets can also be purchased for €1 each. Confessors available every day except Sunday.
Free Parking available on Church grounds and in Car park.”

Oct
10
Tue
“The Joy of Love” Invitation to Vespers and Launch of Hymn/Icon for World Meeting of Families 2018 @ St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh
Oct 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The evening is part of our diocesan preparations for the World Meeting of Families which is scheduled to take place in Dublin next year. The evening of celebration, entitled “The Joy of Love” will include an opportunity for you, and your parish choir and musicians, to learn the official hymn for the World Meeting of Families, A Joy for all the Earth.  The music and score of the hymn can be downloaded at: (http://www.worldmeeting2018.ie/hymn/).

On the night, the Archbishop will be launching the official hymn for the WMOF2018 also will also be introducing the Icon of the Holy Family. This icon, in preparation for the World Meeting of Families, will travel on a one-year pilgrimage around Ireland, its journey beginning in Armagh with us on the night of 10 October. 

The evening in the Cathedral will begin with an hour of rehearsal time at 7.00pm and will be followed by Evening Prayer and sung Vespers at 8.00pm.

Oct
11
Wed
Triduum of Prayer ” OUR FAITH & FAMILY” @ St Patrick's Parish Dungannon
Oct 11 – Oct 13 all-day