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The Pallium will be given to Archbishop Eamon in Rome by Pope Francis on Monday, 29 June 2015. The Pallium will then be conferred on him by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, on Saturday, 4 July 2015, in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh at 7.00 p.m. Vigil Mass. All are welcome in Rome and Armagh.

The annual celebration will commence with the procession of a first class relic of St. Oliver from Holy Family Church, Ballsgrove (south of the river Boyne) at 3pm and proceed three kilometres to the National Shrine of St. Oliver in St. Peter’s Church, West St. where Holy Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Seán Brady at 4pm. Keeping up a connection with Meath, the diocese of St. Oliver’s birth, the homily will be delivered by Fr. Philip Gaffney P.P. of St. Mary’s Parish, Drogheda.

Pilgrim Knights from Hildesheim Diocese, Germany, carrying a Relic of St. Oliver at last year’s Procession in Drogheda.

“Come and sing a new song!”

A workshop for all choir directors, organists and Church choir leaders in the Archdiocese of Armagh will take place on Saturday 5 September in St Catherine’s College from 10am – 3.30pm.

The workshop will be facilitated by Mr Colm Murphy (Director of Music, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh) and Sr Perpetua McNulty (Director of Music, St Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry)

Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission (ADYC) is bringing 100 pilgrims to WYD Krakow 2016. We feel that this is a wonderful faith development project to enable young people to celebrate and experience the joy of the Gospel.

The purpose of this evening is to bring more awareness of our plans for the pilgrimage and to help pilgrims confirm their places.

Find out more information at:
http://www.armagharchdiocese.org/wyd2016/

We hope that all recruitment for pilgrimage will be completed by end of Autumn 2015. After this ADYC aims to journey with young people & leaders by providing a six month preparation programme that will involve; catechesis, fun and friendship.

A National Eucharistic Congress will take place in Knock on Saturday/Sunday, 26^th/27^th September 2015. It is customary that the host country of an International Congress would hold a National Congress before the following  International one, which is due to take place in Cebu, Philippines in January 2016.

The theme of our National Congress will be: ‘Christ Our Hope’.

The proceedings will commence each day at 10am with morning prayer, followed by talks, workshops and various events around Knock Shrine. Archbishop Eamon Martin will celebrate the Mass on the Saturday just prior to his departure to Rome for the Synod on the Family.

On Saturday night after some early evening talks; ‘Vespers’ will be recited followed by a ‘Concert of Praise’ in the Basilica. ‘Compline’ will then be recited after which there will be a ‘Candle-lit Procession’ and an ‘All Night-Vigil’ in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Both afternoons will follow the usual Knock programme, and the Congress will conclude with Benediction after the afternoon programme on the Sunday. Marquees will be set up for the ‘Youth Space’, ‘Children’s Events’, ‘Exhibition Space’ and for other such events. An outside screen may also be provided over the weekend. Following the successful IEC 2012 of which you were all a part and helped to bring in under budget, there is money left over to help defray the costs of this event.

Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission (ADYC) is bringing 100 pilgrims to WYD Krakow 2016. We feel that this is a wonderful faith development project to enable young people to celebrate and experience the joy of the Gospel.

The purpose of this evening is to bring more awareness of our plans for the pilgrimage and to help pilgrims confirm their places.

Find out more information at our diocesan website:
http://www.armagharchdiocese.org/wyd2016/

We hope that all recruitment for pilgrimage will be completed by end of Autumn 2015. After this ADYC aims to journey with young people & leaders by providing a six month preparation programme that will involve; catechesis, fun and friendship.

The Society are hosting a special talk by Professor Padraig O’Riain on the life of St Malachy of Armagh and on the lives of Irish Saints abroad in The O’Fiaich Library, Armagh on Wednesday 7^th October at 8pm. All are welcome.

Is God calling you to live the life of a Priest in the Archdiocese of Armagh?

An evening of prayer and reflection will take place in The Servite Priory, Benburb, Co Tyrone on Monday 12 October 2015 from 5 – 7.30pm

For further information see www.armaghpriest.com or contact:

Fr Peter McAnenly

42 Abbey Street,

ARMAGH

BT61 7DZ

Tel: 028 37522802

[email protected]

VOCATION PRAYER

Lord, make me a better person, more considerate towards others, more honest with myself, more faithful to you. Make me generous enough to want to do your will, whatever it may be. Help me find my true vocation in life and grant that through it, I may find happiness myself and bring happiness to others. We pray through Christ our Lord, AMEN