On Saturday 27th July at 11.00am in SS Peter & Paul Cathedral, Ennis, in the presence of his family, fellow Priests, Parishioners, Cardinals, Bishops and Deacons, Monsignor Seamus Horgan from Tobartaoscain will be called to serve as a Bishop of the Church and first ever Papal Nuncio to South Sudan.
The Principal Consecrator will…
On this Glorious Sunday evening, we congratulate the Clare Senior Hurlers, their Management and Supporters, and all involved in this historic day in the life of County Clare. The celebrations will continue on Monday 22nd July at Tim Smythe Park from 6.00pm when we welcome them home.
The annual Youth Taize Pilgrimage from the Diocese of Killaloe took place from the 1st to 7th of July. Fr Donagh O Meara, Myriam Black, and Joanne O’Brien accompanied the young people on the weeklong pilgrimage.
Our Cathedral Choir was well represented at this year’s Irish Church Music Association Summer School which was held in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Our thanks to our Cathedral Choir Director Fiona Walsh and Cathedral Organist Eoin Flynn for organising and arranging the choir attendance.
Fr Barry and his parents Matt and Margaret from Willow Park, joined the priests of the Cathedral for lunch on Wednesday 3rd July to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of his Ordination.
Ordained on 31st May 1999 in the Cathedral in Galway for the Galway Diocese, Fr Barry celebrated his First Mass in the Cathedral…
Shannon Airport was a buzz of activity on Friday 21st June as 189 pilgrims from the Diocese of Killaloe gathered for the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. This year was the first time since 2019 that the Diocese was able to welcome back assisted pilgrims accompanied by Hospitality and a youth section to care for them.
Teresa Corcoran, a very faithful parishioner celebrates her 100th birthday today.
We congratulate Fr Tom Ryan who this weekend celebrates the 40th anniversary of his ordination to priesthood. An Ennis native, he was ordained on 9th June 1984 in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, and Tom’s ministry has taken him on a journey to Derry, Mullagh and Shannon before returning to Ennis in 2018. Ad…
Fr Joy was one of several Indian Priests invited to meet with Akhilesh Mishra, the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, in Dublin on Thursday 6th June.
Appointments to take effect from Friday 26th of July, except where otherwise stated
Pope Francis has appointed Mgr. Seamus Horgan, Washington DC to be Papal Nuncio. He will be ordained Archbishop on Saturday July 27th in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul. He will take up appointment to South Sudan this Autumn. Every good…
