Wednesday 15th August is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass for the Holy Day will be celebrated as follows:

Holy Family Church, Askea

Wednesday 15th August – 9am, 10.30am and 7pm

Please note there is NO Vigil Mass on Tuesday 14th August and there is NO 12 Noon on Wednesday 15th August.

St Mary’s Church, Bennekerry

Holy Day – Wednesday 15th August – 11.30am

St Joseph’s Church, Tinryland

Holy Day – Wednesday – 10am

Catholic Grandparents Association Annual National Grandparents Pilgrimage September 9th 2018, Knock Shrine 2.30pm. Everybody welcome to honour & thank Grandparents alive & dead for all they have done for us down through the ages. Chief Celebrant Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio – Combined Choirs of Knock Parish – The Tuttle Family – Dana sings [...]

Relics of Saints Louis and Zelie Martin and their daughter, St Therese of Lisieux – We are fortunate to have these Relics visit the Cathedral of Assumption in Carlow on Monday August 20th. Bishop Denis will celebrate Mass at 10am with the expected arrival of the Relics around 11am. The Relics will be present in [...]

Opening Ceremony for World Meeting of Families August 21st Carlow Cathedral 7:30 pm Refreshments served in Cathedral parish centre from 6 pm onwards. You are warmly invited to join Bishop Denis for this unique moment as a diocesan family.

Festival of Families – Croke Park – Sat 25th August 2018 at 7.30pm In keeping with the theme of the World Meeting of Families 2018 the Diocese has been allocated a limited number of family tickets (-one per parish) for the Festival of Families in Croke Park. We have been asked to ensure that these [...]