Janet Farrell

Carlow Ireland.

[Michael Kelly ن @MichaelPTKelly]

Fascinating to hear so many priests -
In all parts of Ireland - say they are heartened by the increasing openness to Faith from so many young people. Something quiet, but real, is happening.

[CatholicBishops @CatholicBishops]

'Joy' to see increase in priestly ordinations - bishop https://t.co/jsz5Lv1joz via @rte

@Bishop_Phonsie @NVocations @clogherdiocese

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

Today Good Shepherd Sunday, Vocations Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, we pray that more may hear the call to discern a vocation to the priesthood or religious life, let us do all we can to foster and encourage vocations @KANDLEi @theway_ie @KandLeYouth @IrishCathNews

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

How a Sunday morning adventure turned Mass into an experience worth waking up for https://t.co/HMVcwuDR5W @KANDLEi @theway_ie

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In recent years, many young people have approached the faith through social media, successful programs and popular online Christian witnesses. The danger is that a faith discovered online is limited to individual experiences, which may be intellectually and emotionally reassuring, but never “embodied.” Such experiences remain “disembodied,” detached from the “ecclesial body.”

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

I’d like to respond to a disturbing contention from Senator Tim Kaine, during a recent confirmation hearing.

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

Launching @CatholicBishops Pastoral ‘Why Sunday Matters’ at the 10.30am Mass today in @CarlowCathedral an invitation to reflect on Sunday Mass, “Sunday offers the rhythm to our week, rhythm, routine and ritual are critical in all our lives” @KANDLEi @theway_ie

[CatholicBishops @CatholicBishops]

At Mass in @CarlowCathedral @BishopDNulty launches new pastoral message on behalf of @CatholicBishops: “We don’t go to Mass out of duty …. We receive the Eucharist and become the Body of Christ. This is ‘Why Sunday Matters’.”

Read the bishops’ message 👇
https://t.co/Emir9tM58J

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

Tomorrow, Sunday at 10.30am Mass in @CarlowCathedral I look forward to officially launching @CatholicBishops Pastoral ‘Why Sunday Matters’ @KANDLEi @theway_ie

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

The Feast of the Assumption, celebrating Mass shortly in @CarlowCathedral dedicated to the Assumption, we now have a wonderful easy to follow guidebook to our Cathedral in English, Irish, German, French, Italian & Spanish @KANDLEi @CatholicNewsIRL

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

Our @KandLeYouth group have just landed in Fiumicino on route to the Jubilee of Youth celebration in Rome, lovely to meet our friends from Youth 2000, wonderful to be here as part of this great gathering of young people @KANDLEi @CatholicNewsIRL

[Bishop Denis Nulty @BishopDNulty]

A special welcome for all as we in @KANDLEi with the support of @Carlow_Co_Co @CarlowCollege @CarlowCountyMus and @CarlowCathedral prepare to host Columbanus Day 2025 https://t.co/hZVpeVOttc via @YouTube

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear priests, thank you for your lives given in service to the Kingdom, for your daily efforts, for what you endure in silence, which is sometimes accompanied by suffering or misunderstanding. You are all precious in the eyes of God and essential in fulfilling His plan.

[Newbridge Parish @newbridgeparish]

Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, a day to pray for vocations and for all those discerning God’s call.

As Pope Francis reminds us:
“The Church needs pastors … capable of saying yes to the Lord with trust and hope.”

Here in the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Fr. Ruairí Ó Domhnaill is our Vocations Director. If you’re wondering whether God might be calling you, he’s always happy to chat.

Email: [email protected] @KANDLEi @BishopDNulty

[Eamon Martin @ArchbishopEamon]

“O Jesus, send labourers into your fields which are awaiting holy apostles, saintly priests, heroic missionaries and dedicated sisters and brothers.
Enkindle in the hearts of men and women the spark of a vocation.
Grant that Christian families may desire to give your Church
helpers in the work of tomorrow.”

[Joseph Nolla, SJ @josephnollasj]

A little boy asked why we ring the bell during the Mass.

“You’ve seen movies, how when the King arrives the people play trumpets and ring bells? Well, we ring bells during the Mass because the King is truly here.”

Now he wants to ring the bell.

[J.C. Miller @JCMillerEsq]

Drive-through confession. Five years ago in early COVID lockdowns, our pastor responded by offering the sacrament of confession outdoor, spaced out, with penitent in the car. I asked to take a picture because I thought it would be a memorable experience. I know the lockdowns were hard on a lot of people, but I want to celebrate the priests who got creative to keep offering the sacraments.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis on friendship, magical

read it slowly

[armaghpriest @armaghpriest]

A lovely prayer of blessing - from Pope St John Paul II visit to Maynooth seminary 1979