Diocese of GalwayKilmacduagh & Kilfenora

The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland has published new policy standards. These came into effect on 11 June and include three core standards rather than the previous seven.

Message for the Day for Life – Sunday 16th June 2024“The Lord is my Shepherd – Compassion and Hope at the End of Life”

“No exam, not matter how important, can ever define you. You are much more than any exam and much more important in God’s eyes than any grade you might receive.”

Galway City to Unite in Faith for the Feast of Corpus ChristiOn Sunday 2nd June, Galway city will celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi with a Eucharistic Procession, inviting all residents and visitors to participate in this sacred tradition.The event will commence with 3.00pm Mass at the Abbey… Read more...

To mark the Year of Prayer, the Dicastery for Evangelisation has prepared a series of useful materials and aids which can be used by Christian communities and individuals in thei

The 28th Annual Children's Remembrance Mass, organised by Galway University Hospital, will be celebrated at 2.30pm on Sunday 26th May in St Oliver Plunkett Church, Renmore. All welcome.

Three sessions of training will be provided for Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Committees over the coming months. Read on for further information.

Achonry, Clonfert, & Galway Diocesan Pilgrimages to KnockSunday 19th May 2024SCHEDULE OF CEREMONIES2.00pm    Rosary2.30pm    Anointing of the Sick at Knock Basilica3.00pm    Concelebrated Mass at Knock Basilica followed by Benediction & Rosary… Read more...

Called to Love: Lough Derg Young Adult Residential Retreat for 18 to 30 year olds, Friday 21 June to Tuesday 25 June 2024.

The Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Montemayor, announced in Tuam Cathedral a reorganisation of diocesan church leadership in the west of Ireland. Read his statement and Bishop Michael Duignan's statement here.

A Vocations Information Afternoon focusing on priesthood in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora and in the Diocese of Clonfert will take place in Galway city on Sunday 28th April 2024.

An All-Night Vigil of Prayer for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, to coincide with Vocations Sunday 2024, will begin at 7.00pm on Sunday 21st April 2024 in the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas, Galway, and will… Read more...

Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Finance Councils have been published by the diocese. They can be downloaded here in English or Irish.

An Easter message from Bishop Michael Duignan: “Light not darkness, love not hate, goodness not badness, life not death will conquer in the end.”

A schedule of Holy Week and Easter Liturgies across the diocese is available here in pdf and image form.

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At the Mass of Chrism, the priests renew their priestly promises and the oils used in the sacraments throughout the year will be blessed by Bishop Michael. Please join us for this very special celebration in Galway Cathedral at 11.00am on Holy Thursday, 28th March.

The people of Oranmore and Maree invite viewers across Ireland and from Europe to join with them to celebrate Mass on St Patrick’s Day.RTÉ will televise Mass from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Oranmore, next Sunday morning on the Eurovision Network - with more than 700,000 participating… Read more...

A second collection is taken up at Masses on St Patrick's Day to support vulnerable Irish people overseas. Click on 'Read more' for a prayer for emigrants.

During the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Maynooth, bishops called for an urgent and complete ceasefire in Gaza, and an immediate end to the daily horror of killing, wounding and destruction of property in the Holy Land.