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Jan 27, 2018
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
This years Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 20th-27th July led by Bishop Joseph Toal. Please click on the image below to...


Jan 24, 2018
Diocesan Music Group
Seventeen people attended the inaugural meeting of the proposed new Diocesan Music Group. They agreed to meet fortnightly in Holy Family...

Dec 30, 2017
Canon Noel Carey R.I.P.
The Diocese received news today that Canon Noel Carey ad passed away at his home in Barna, Co. Offaly this morning. Canon Carey served in...

Dec 21, 2017
Bishop Toal's Christmas Message
One question I have been asked as we approach Christmas this year is whether Catholics are obliged to go to Mass on both the 4th Sunday...

Dec 18, 2017
Christmas Masses
Please find the times of Christmas Masses in parishes across the Diocese of Motherwell. Everyone is encouraged to make a special effort...

Dec 3, 2017
Ordination of Rev Paul Denney
Later this week our Diocese will celebrate the fifth and final ordination to the Priesthood for 2017 as Rev Paul Denney is Ordained on...

Nov 18, 2017
Fr Tom Welsh sx RIP
Please remember in your prayers the repose of the soul of Father Tom Welsh sx who died earlier this week. Fr. Tom was a native of Holy...


Oct 12, 2017
Newmains Pastoral Centre Explosion
Bishop Toal has asked for prayers for Pawel Urbanski, one of the men injured in the Pastoral Centre Explosion who sadly died today as a...


Sep 10, 2017
Ordination - Father Seán G. Wyllie
On 8th September we celebrated our fourth ordination of the year, when Father Sean was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Toal in St...


Aug 29, 2017
Ordination - Father Edward Bruce McPhail
Congratulations to Father Bruce McPhail who was ordained to the Priesthood on 26th August by Bishop Toal in his home Parish of St...
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