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It has come to that time of year again where we make arrangements for Safeguarding Sunday. Safeguarding Sunday will take place on September 22 throughout the diocese. The theme for this year’s Sunday is A Safe and Welcoming Church for Children and Vulnerable Adults.

In September and October, the relics of St Bernadette will visit three churches in Dublin: Our Lady of Victories, Ballymun Road, September 25-26; Mary Immaculate, Inchicore, October 23-24; and Adam & Eve’s, Merchants Quay, October 25-26. For more information, visit www.stbernadette.ie.

St. Patrick’s Parish, Corduff, is delighted to announce the arrival of a First Class Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis to the Parish on September 10. The relic is a fragment of the membrane that surrounds the heart and will be accompanied by Fr Marco, parish priest of Assisi, where Blessed Carlo’s incorrupt body lies. Corduff Parish… Read more: CORDUFF – RELIC OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS

Address of Bishop Donal Roche I wish to thank his Excellency, Archbishop Montemayor, Archbishop Farrell, as well as the other archbishops and bishops for welcoming me among your number today. I am quite overwhelmed and feel undeserving of the honour that has been bestowed on me. I thank my priest friends and colleagues from the diocese and… Read more: Auxilary Bishop Donal Roche