‘The joy of goodness is contagious’, Pope Leo XIV, First Sunday of Advent 2025, Istanbul
Diocesan agency Crosscare’s Food Poverty Appeal launched
On Monday, December 1, the Archdiocese’s social care agency Crosscare launched its Christmas Food Poverty Appeal at its Portland Café in Dublin.
A Crosscare spokesperson said: ‘Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Portland Café this morning for the launch of our Christmas Food Poverty Appeal. This year, nearly 3,000 people – including 1,200 children – turned to us for basic food supplies and support. At our Portland Row Community Café, almost 12,000 low-cost meals were served.’
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St Mary’s designated as Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese
During Mass for the bicentenary celebrations on November 14, Archbishop Dermot Farrell announced that St Mary’s has been designated the Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese by Pope Leo XIV.
Archbishop Farrell said: ‘It is with great joy that I am pleased to announce that the Holy Father, Pope Leo, has consented to my request and has approved by decree that St Mary’s be designated as the Cathedral Church of our Archdiocese. It is appropriate that this announcement should be made in the context of our celebration of the exemplary service which St Mary’s has given to our diocese over 200 years.’
Archbishop Farrell’s homily
Declaration of Cardinal Newman as Doctor of the Church marked at UCD
On November 1, Pope Leo XIV declared St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. At an event marking Pope Leo’s declaration, as well as the opening of the university 171 years ago on November 3, 1854, UCD President Orla Feely said: ‘With Pope Leo XIV having conferred the title of Doctor of the Church on St John Henry Newman, we are particularly proud of his role in education and his many writings, including ‘The Idea of a University’, which resonates strongly today.’
Letters from St John Henry Newman to the Archbishop of Dublin, from the Dublin Diocesan Archives, were on display.
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