This Sunday, the Ordination of Father Donal Roche as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin and the welcoming of Bishop Paul Dempsey as he begins his ministry as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin will take place in Saint Andrew’s, Westland Row. The Ordination Mass will be livestreamed at 3pm on the day at www.dublindiocese.ie and at www.facebook.com/dublindiocese/. We hope will join us for this event via the livestream. Please keep Father Donal and Bishop Dempsey in your prayers.

 

The livestream will also be available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djEpK_gqe1Q  – please share this link on your parish’s social media and website. If you would like to embed the livestream in your parish website’s homepage, you will find the embed code attached to this email.

The first National Pilgrimage for Life, organised by the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, will be celebrated on Saturday, May 4, in Knock Shrine. The pilgrimage begins with Anointing of the Sick in the Basilica at 2.30pm, followed by Mass at 3pm and Rosary Procession after Mass, weather permitting. Main celebrant and homilist will be Archbishop Francis Duffy. We invite you to join us in Knock to celebrate the gift of life and to pray for the protection of all human life.