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October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024
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Pastoral Strategic Planning Resource 2025–2027

Building Hope Pastoral Strategic Planning Resource 2025–2027 For Parishes and & Parish Partnerships Click here to download this 32-page PDF (6Mb) Also available here are: A poster • Poster from page 11 of the Planning Resource (PDF) A Pastoral Aid • Pastoral Aid I – Planning Workshop (PDF) The forms […]
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August 26, 2024
August 26, 2024
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Building Hope with Open Hearts – Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Farrell

Building Hope with Open Hearts Pastoral Letter – Archbishop Dermot Farrell 1 September 2024 JESUS’ CONCERN IS FOR OUR HEARTS… he seeks to draw us close, heart-to-heart with him. ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest.’ (Mt 11:28). Jesus calls […]
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April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – 2024

Novena to the Holy Spirit 12th – 20th May 2024 for the renewal of the Church in the Archdiocese of Dublin You are warmly invited to join once again with every parish in the diocese in a Novena to the Holy Spirit – our dedicated period of prayer, reflection and […]
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November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023
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Building Hope Pastoral Aids

Building Hope Pastoral Aids Please find below the Pastoral Aids that have been issued for use in your parish and partnership meetings: A. First Joint Pastoral Teams Gathering B. Towards a Partnership Council of Parishes C. Mass Scheduling in our Partnership Parishes D. Pastoral Planning Aid 2023 E. Social Justice: […]
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October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023
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Servants of Consolation and Witnesses of Hope: Ministry to the Bereaved in a Time of Change

Servants of Consolation and Witnesses of Hope: Ministry to the Bereaved in a Time of Change Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Pastoral Letter November 2023 “The life and death of each of us has its influence on others” – so says Saint Paul in his Letter to the Romans, his pastoral letter […]
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June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023
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True Vocation – Archbishop Farrell

True Vocation – Archbishop Farrell Click here or below for a print-friendly PDF of Archbishop Farrell’s message for Vocations Sunday 2023
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June 12, 2023
June 12, 2023
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Partnership in Practice

Examples of creative partnership practice building hope…   ‘For now, what we need is the chance to change, to make space for the new thing we need’ – Pope Francis, Let Us Dream Below are some examples of building hope / partnership in practice gathered from across the diocese. Click […]
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May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
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Novena to the Holy Spirit – 2023

Novena to the Holy Spirit 21st – 29th May, 2023 A period of Prayer, Reflection and Planning for the renewal of the Church in the Archdiocese of Dublin You are warmly invited to join with every parish in the diocese in a Novena to the Holy Spirit – a period […]
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February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023
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Timeline: Parish Partnership Mass Schedule

Timeline: Parish Partnership Mass Schedule (Download this image as a PDF)   Below, in PDF format, are Pastoral Aids that were distributed to parishes in the first week of Advent: Pastoral Aid A – First Joint Pastoral Teams Gathering Pastoral Aid B – Towards a Partnership Council of Parishes Pastoral […]
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December 6, 2022
December 6, 2022
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Building Hope in Parish Partnership – Advent 2022

Building Hope in Parish Partnership – Advent 2022 Below is the list of Parish Partnerships shared with parishes in the first week of Advent 2022, along with the Timeline and Pastoral Aids which will be used in the next stage of Building Hope. Archbishop Farrell’s Advent Pastoral Letter can be […]
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November 23, 2022
November 23, 2022
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The Time Has Come: Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Advent Pastoral Letter, 2022

The Time Has Come Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Advent Pastoral Letter, 2022 I am struck by the phrase from the Letter to the Romans offered to us in the First Sunday of Advent liturgy: ‘You know “the time” has come: you must wake up now; our salvation is even nearer than […]
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September 26, 2022
September 26, 2022
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Building Hope feedback: Archbishop Farrell responds

Dear Parish Team, PPC & PFC,  Thank you once again for your engagement with the Easter 2022 initial phase of the Building Hope strategic planning process in the Archdiocese. Please find below a document from Archbishop Farrell which summarises your responses to the initial parish Building Hope engagement and offers […]
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August 4, 2022
August 4, 2022
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Radical Renewal: How Dublin Archdiocese is ‘Building Hope’

This article was published in the Irish Catholic newspaper on July 28, 2022. A PDF of the page can be found here. With thanks to the Irish Catholic Radical renewal: How Dublin Archdiocese is ‘Building Hope’ By Fr Gareth Byrne Unprecedented change is coming in the Archdiocese of Dublin. In April […]
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May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
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Building Hope parish gathering resources

Please send all Building Hope correspondence to buildinghope@dublindiocese.ie Many thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s Building Hope Zoom meetings. Approximately 275 people from 115 parishes took part. It is great to see the momentum building. Thank you to all who participated. Training will be available again along the […]
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May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
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Week of Prayer

You are warmly invited to join together in a Week of Prayer to the Holy Spirit for the renewal of the Church in Dublin from May 29 to June 6 – Ascension Sunday through Pentecost to the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. Your Week of Prayer resource booklet […]
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May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
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Building Hope response form

A print-ready version (PDF) of the Building Hope response form can be downloading by clicking the image below. If you are ready to make your submission, please click on this link to the Building Hope Response Form and on the first page of the form type in the Parish Code […]
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May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
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Building Hope Animator – Invitation

Click here to download a PDF of this invitation
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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An Invitation to Parish Partnerships Building Hope

An Invitation to Parish Partnerships Building Hope   Dear Parish Team, Chair of PPC and Chair of PFC As confirmed by the 3,000 responses to the Building Hope Task Force consultation, there is a widespread desire for renewal in our faith communities. All the signs around us indicate that, to […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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Living the Hope of Easter: Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Pastoral Letter, Easter 2022

    “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him.” (John 20:2). Mary’s grief at the death of her Lord, is compounded by the shock of the empty tomb. Someone has taken the body of the one she loves. Like Mary Magdalene […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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Parish Resources, Easter 2022

Parish Resources, Easter 2022, contains a letter of introduction from Archbishop Dermot Farrell, as well as: 1. Living the Hope of Easter: Archbishop Dermot Farrell, Pastoral Letter, Easter 2022 2. Archdiocese of Dublin Statement of Mission 3. Building Hope: The Principles which inform our Pastoral Strategy 4. Parish Partnerships, Initial Phase: […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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Archdiocese of Dublin Statement of Mission

Statement of Mission A year after his installation, Archbishop Dermot Farrell, guided by the Building Hope Task Force Report, presents a Statement of Mission for the Dublin Archdiocese. This Statement highlights our core mission in a time of rapid change, setting out a vision for the diocese and providing values […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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The Principles which Inform our Pastoral Strategy

The Principles which Inform our Pastoral Strategy 1. Jesus Christ is the foundation and centre of our mission and ministry. 2. Baptism gives us our vocation as brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ respecting the different yet complementary roles of lay, consecrated and ordained people. 3. Consultation, collaboration, listening and […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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Parish Partnerships, Initial Phase: Process and Timeline

  Click here to download a print-ready PDF of Parish Partnerships, Initial Phase: Process and Timeline
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April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022
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The Building Hope Prayer

The Building Hope Prayer Pilgrim God, we give you thanks and praise. You constantly journey with us even in our darkness and doubts. We seek your way of loving kindness to walk together as one family. Open our eyes to recognise you in the faces of one another, in the […]
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February 9, 2022
February 9, 2022
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Building Hope Task Force Report

Building Hope Task Force Report In April, Archbishop Dermot Farrell established a Task Force called Building Hope. The Task Force was asked to assess the needs of the people of the Archdiocese emerging from Covid-19 and to work to support parish communities as they undertake a radical renewal, looking to […]
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