We all like to hear good news of initiatives going well in other places. They often lead to the generation of ideas that can bear fruit in our own context. Each month, we report on a project that has taken place or is in progress somewhere in our diocese.
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School and Parish Retreats |
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Interested in School Retreats in the North East?
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St. Patrick's Parish Assembly |
 St Patrick’s parish, Dundalk, held its first parish assembly in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 24 May, 2008. Click here to view a selection of photos of the day. It was organised by the Parish Pastoral Council as an opportunity for the people of the parish to have their say with regard to the priorities in the parish over the next few years. Almost one hundred parishioners participated representing the various areas, age groups and organisations within the parish. In welcoming the parishioners Fr Gerry Campbell gave thanks to the Lord for their generosity in responding to the invitation to attend. |
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New outreach ministry for St. Peter's parish, Drogheda |
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With the increasing number of migrant workers entering the community of Drogheda, St Peter's Parish has begun an initiative aimed at providing a welcome for all newcommers to the town particularly those from Poland and Eastern Europe. The group's coordinator and St Peter's pastoral council representative on the team is Daughter of Charity, Sr Josephine Flynn. She is ably supported by parish curate Fr Piotr Delimat and recently arrived Sr Anna from Poland. |
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Bendictines celebrate 10th anniversary in Rostrevor |
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To celebrate the tenth anniversary of their arrival in Ireland the Benedictines have decided to organise a series of Evening Services 18-23 January, marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2008.
They invite fellow-Christians to live this series of Evening Services as a kind of six-day Ecumenical Mission.
The theme for the mission is: Rejoicing in each others’ gifts …Sharing and celebrating the treasures of our particular churches. |
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Lordship Parish Pastoral Council celebrates 20 years |
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On Sunday 7 October Lordship Parish Pastoral Council celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a celebration of the Eucharist followed by a party in Lordship. We congratulate all who have served on the Council over the last twenty years. The Council is a beacon of hope and an shining example of commitment and dedication to all who aspire to collaboration among priests and lay people in furthering the mission and ministry of Jesus in the parish context. The homily was delivered by Bishop Clifford, himself a parishioner of the parish and we thank him for making his words available here for you to read. |
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Pastoral Council Mission Statements |
In the last couple of years the Office of Pastoral Renewal and Family Ministry have helped over twenty parishes to form their mission statement, Lower Creggan and Mullaghbawn being the most recent. All are assembled here.
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 One of my Grannies died in 1967. At that time there were three priests in our parish, two on one side and one on the other. This had been the situation for years. The impact of Vatican II was filtering through but there was no problem when there were three men to implement it.
In 1978 my other Granny died and by that time a major change had taken place. Instead of a Parish Priest and a curate residing in Jonesboro, one Parish Priest was appointed and the one curate continued in Dromintee. Both clergy and parishioners embraced the reduction and there was no noticeable upheaval.
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Forming a Parish Pastoral Council in Swords, Dublin |
After his appointment as Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Martin requested that a Parish Pastoral Council be established in every parish in the diocese. Here, one parish priest, Cyril Eagan, writes about how the parish of Swords has gone about responding to that request.
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The Wild Goose Lodge and Ribbenmen in Ireland |
 In February 2005 Monsignor Raymond Murray's new book The Wild Goose Lodge and Ribbonmen in Ireland was launched in the the Ó Fiaich Library, Armagh. The book is reviewed here by Mosignor Denis Fall.
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St. Patrick's Pastoral Council Develops Strategic Plan |
One of the first things that Fr Eamon McCamley discovered on his appointment as administrator of St Patrick's parish, Dundalk was that it had recently formed a parish pastoral council that wasn't too sure of its purpose and direction...
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