May 8, 2025

Mass for 25th Anniversary of New Redemptoristine Monastery – homily of Archbishop Farrell

Mass for the 25th Anniversary of the New Redemptoristine Monastery and the 300th Anniversary of the Revelation of the Order to Maria Celeste Croostorosa 4th May 2025 Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell I am delighted to celebrate this mass to mark the Silver Jubilee of the opening of this beautiful Redemptoristine […]
April 29, 2025

Death of Bishop Brendan Comiskey – statement of Archbishop Farrell

Death of Bishop Brendan Comiskey SS CC, Emeritus Bishop of Ferns Statement of Archbishop Dermot Farrell I am greatly saddened by the news of the death of the Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Brendan Comiskey, SS CC. After his initial theological studies, Bishop Comiskey was ordained a priest for Congregation of […]
April 25, 2025

Mass for the Holy Father Pope Francis – homily of Bishop Dempsey

Mass for the Holy Father Pope Francis Celebrated by Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, Dublin Friday, April 25, 2025 Homily of Bishop Paul Dempsey, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin The 13th of March 2013 is a date many will remember. The world waited in anticipation as the […]
April 24, 2025

Mourning for Pope Francis

A full set of Prayer Resources for the Days of Mourning for Pope Francis for use in your parish, community or for personal prayer can be found here. Here you will find details of an opportunity to pray these resources in an evening of music and reflection at the Monastery of […]
April 22, 2025

Death of Pope Francis – statement of Archbishop Farrell

Statement of Archbishop Dermot Farrell on the Death of Pope Francis   With all his heart, and with all his understanding, and with all his strength…(Mark 12:33) “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7) Right to the very […]
April 17, 2025

Chrism Mass 2025 – homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell

Chrism Mass 2025 St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 17 April 2025 Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell Our Wellspring of Hope—Christ, the One High Priest Holy Thursday is the Feast of Communion, it is the Feast of One-ness, of Unity. It is a feast in two parts: the second part is this evening […]
April 3, 2025

Consecrated Life Today – Sister Brenda Dolphin RSM

Consecrated Life Today: A Journey into Hope By Sister Brenda Dolphin RSM at the Dublin Diocesan Celebration of Consecrated Life St Patrick’s DCU Campus, Dublin Saturday, March 29, 2025 “Look to the past with gratitude; look to the future with confidence; live the present with passion/ enthusiasm)” (Pope Saint John […]
March 17, 2025

St Patrick’s Day – homily of Archbishop Farrell

St Patrick’s Day 2025 St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell Patrick offers another “perspective on our contemporary crises of imagination and hope.” ‘I was no prophet, nor prophet’s son …but the Lord took me from following the flock, and said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.” […]
March 2, 2025

Ordination to the diaconate of Patrick Corkery SJ – Homily of Archbishop Farrell

Ordination to the diaconate of Patrick Corkery SJ Gonzaga College Chapel Sunday, March 2, 2025 Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell It is a joy for me to be with you today to ordain Patrick Corkery to the Diaconate. This is a day of hope. Any day when we make a […]
February 2, 2025

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord – homily of Archbishop Farrell

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Sunday, February 2, 2025 St Brigid’s Church, Killester Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell   “I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great […]
January 14, 2025

Clergy Leadership Conference – Homily of Archbishop Farrell

Clergy Leadership Conference and Retreat for Catholic Dioceses: Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and USA Sponsored by the St John Vianney Centre, Pennsylvania Mass, St Sylvester’s Church, Malahide, January 14, 2025 Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell  The Jesus who confronts us in today’s Gospel is a Jesus of power: he […]
January 1, 2025

World Day of Peace – Homily of Bishop Dempsey

58th World Day of Peace January 1, 2025 St Brigid’s Church, Killester Homily of Bishop Paul Dempsey We’ll all be familiar with the phrase ‘An image is worth a thousand words’. An image that has spoken to me over this past week is of Pope Francis, in his wheelchair, at […]