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Donegal priest recalls 'kind, courteous' Pope Benedict

A Donegal priest who worked closely with Pope Benedict XVI has recalled the late pontiff's 'attention to people'. Monsignor Kevin Gillespie, who is now the Cathedral Administrator of the Raphoe Diocese, served as a personal Master of Ceremonies to ...

05 Jan 2023 at 17:41

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 Sunday, at a ...

09 Apr 2024 at 18:04

Local News

Monsignor Kevin Gillespie elected as Diocesan Administrator Diocese of Raphoe

Monsignor Kevin Gillespie has been appointed as Diocesan Administrator for the Diocese of Raphoe. Following the transfer of the Most Reverend Alan McGuckian, SJ, to the Diocese of Down and Connor, which took effect yesterday, Wednesday, the ...

20 Mar 2024 at 11:00

Local News

Raphoe Diocese say 'never again' as three Donegal schools named on Scoping Inquiry

Monsignor Kevin Gillespie, on behalf of the Diocese of Raphoe, has vowed that history must never repeat itself following the publication of the Scoping Inquiry Report into Abuse at Schools Run by Religious Orders. The 700-page damning ...

04 Sept 2024 at 14:23

Local News

Relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes arrive at St Eunan's Cathedral

The relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes were received into St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny on Friday. A huge crowd, including children from local schools, thronged into the cathedral for the Liturgy of Welcome. Bishop Philip Boyce,...

11 Oct 2024 at 19:22

Local News

In pictures: Large crowds venerate relics of St Bernadette at St Eunan's Cathedral

Click on the arrows to go through the photos by Thomas Gallagher Huge crowds throned to St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny where the relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes were hosted over the weekend. The relics, in a reliquary, ...

14 Oct 2024 at 14:20

Local News

Concern for local Church leaders over merger of Raphoe and Derry Diocese by Vatican

There is concern locally among Roman Catholic leaders in Donegal that the Vatican could press on with merging the Raphoe Diocese and the Diocese of Derry. It follows reports that the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown travelled ...

05 Dec 2024 at 12:47

Local News

'Our faith is about the heart': Pilgrim Sacred Heart statue arrives in Raphoe Diocese

As a pilgrim statue was welcomed into the Raphoe Diocese, parishioners were encouraged to take heed from the symbol of the Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart statue is one of four blessed by Pope Francis at the Vatican and ...

08 Feb 2025 at 10:31

Crime & Court

Jesuit priest subject to child abuse complaints ministered in Donegal

A priest who served in Donegal in the 1980s is one of 15 deceased Jesuits credibly accused of child abuse over the last 70 years whose names have been published by the Jesuit Order. Fr Diarmuid Ó Péicín, who ...

12 Feb 2025 at 15:34

Local News

Funeral details confirmed for Letterkenny crash victim, Anthony Gallagher

Anthony Gallagher, who lost his life as a result of a road traffic collision in Letterkenny in the early hours of St Patrick’s Day, will be laid to rest on Thursday. Late of Charlie Daly Terrace in ...

18 Mar 2025 at 13:37

Local News

'Heartbroken' Monsignor Kevin Gillespie on devastating Derrybeg Church fire

Monsignor Kevin Gillespie, the Diocesan Administrator of the Raphoe Diocese, says he is “heartbroken” following a devastating fire that has destroyed the church in his home parish. Firefighters ...

21 Apr 2025 at 08:56

Local News

Engineers to assess burned Derrybeg Church ahead of Garda technical investigation

A team of structural engineers are expected to move into the burned remains of St Mary’s Church in Derrybeg this afternoon. A huge blaze engulfed the building in the early hours of Easter ...

22 Apr 2025 at 14:20

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