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Ten red candles to honour ten killed in Creeslough explosion

Ten red candles will remain lit at St Michael’s Church in Creeslough for the next week. Each one is in honour of the ten people who died in a horrific explosion that rocked the small north Donegal town to its core on Friday. A little girl of primary ...

08 Oct 2022 at 23:31

Local News

Community saddened at the transfer of much-loved priest out of South-West Donegal

People from all walks of life all over south-west Donegal were shocked and saddened yesterday by the sudden news of the imminent departure of a much-loved cleric. Bishop of Raphoe, Most Rev Alan McGuckian SJ announced a series of clergy ...

22 Jul 2021 at 08:00

Letterkenny/Milford MD

Bishop of Raphoe to attend ambitious Church assembly in Rome

The Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian SJ, has been selected by Pope Francis as one of the participants for the Synod on Synodality assembly in Rome in October. Bishop McGuckian will be one of 364 voting delegates for what is the 16th ...

10 Jul 2023 at 08:38

Local News

Bishop Alan McGuckian to be installed as Bishop of Down and Connor on Sunday

Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ will be installed as the new Bishop of Down and Connor this weekend. Bishop McGuckian had served as Bishop of Raphoe until his appointment by Pope Francis in February as the Bishop of Down and Connor. This ...

09 Apr 2024 at 18:04

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'The Homes of Donegal' give Bishop Niall Coll strength for new post in Ossory

As he was being ordained as the 96th Bishop of Ossory on Sunday at the Cathedral of Mary, Kilkenny, Niall Coll was taken back to his school days. In his final two years at St Baithin's National School in St Johnston, he was ...

25 Jan 2023 at 15:39

Local News

In pictures: Monsignor Dan Carr retires as St Johnston parish priest

Click on the arrows to go through Joe Boland's photos St Baithin’s Church was packed on Sunday morning as Monsignor Dan Carr said his final mass as the parish priest of St Johnston. For 35 years, Monsignor Carr was the PP ...

08 Oct 2023 at 22:21

Local News

Joyous scenes as Stranorlar man Anthony Hartnett became the diocese's newest deacon

Family, friends and the wider parish and diocesan communities joined with the Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian SJ, Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Dr Philip Boyce and members of the clergy from all over the diocese and beyond ...

24 Sept 2023 at 22:15

Lifford/Stranorlar MD

Mgr Dan Carr announces retirement as St Johnston parish priest

After 35 years, Monsignor Dan Carr has announced his retirement as the parish priest in St Johnston. Mgr Carr has been the parish priest in St Johnston since 1988 when he succeeded Dr Daniel Cunnea. From the weekend of ...

27 Sept 2023 at 10:41

Local News

Bishop of Raphoe to participate in assembly on Catholic Church’s future

The Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian SJ, has travelled to the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality assembly which begins next week. Bishop McGuckian will be one of 364 voting delegates for what is the 16th Ordinary ...

27 Sept 2023 at 12:06

Local News

Bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian stresses 'terrifying' times in the Middle East

The Bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian SJ has urged local parishioners to pray for Holy Land. Palestinian officials said on Friday 11,078 Gaza residents had been killed in air and artillery strikes from Israel in ...

11 Nov 2023 at 10:13

Local News

Bishop of Raphoe: 'We need to be people who listen to one another'

Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Raphoe, has highlighted a chaotic world raged by war, the sacredness of life and the possible threats posed by artificial intelligence in a message to ...

01 Jan 2024 at 12:19

Local News

Bishop McGuckian: Pope's same-sex blessing ruling not a change in Church teaching

The Bishop of Raphoe, Alan McGuckian SJ, says that a ruling allowing priests to bless unmarried and same-sex couples does not represent a change of position in the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching. On ...

21 Dec 2023 at 19:06

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