• Lay Pastoral Ministry & Leadership Formation Programme  Sept 2024 - Dec 2026
    Lay Pastoral Ministry & Leadership Formation Programme
    Sept 2024 - Dec 2026
  • Limerick Diocese Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome
    Limerick Diocese Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome
  • Relics of St Bernadette visits Limerick Diocese
    Relics of St Bernadette visits Limerick Diocese
    will visit Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th September 2024
  • Season of Creation 2024
    Season of Creation 2024
  • Exploring the Priesthood
    Perhaps you're longing for something more in your life?
    Exploring the Priesthood
  • Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    Reflection: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Moving not easy but is a 'Cross' in the life of Diocesan priests
    Moving not easy but is a 'Cross' in the life of Diocesan priests
  • Lay ministry review gives cause for optimism that
    Lay ministry review gives cause for optimism
    "something new is emerging" – leader of programme Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon states
  • Bishops' Conference
    Statement of the Summer 2024
    General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
  • Future of Church and Limerick Diocese Overview
    Future of Church and Limerick Diocese Overview
  • Rome Synod - Report from the first session October 2023
    Rome Synod - Report from the first session October 2023
  • Synod 2021 - 2023
    Highlights from the Synod in Rome(Updated Daily)
  • Take the Risk for Christ
    Take the Risk for Christ
  • "The Meaning of Prayer"
  • Walking the Synodal Pathway together
    Walking the Synodal Pathway together
    Bishop Brendan Leahy says that two primary questions for the Synodal Pathway are 'how are we getting on with one another and how are we reaching out to other people?'
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Who We Are

The Diocese has over 100 priests and many committed lay people building up communities of faith. The Bishop is Bishop Brendan Leahy. Ms. Catherine Kelly is the Diocesan Secretary.

What We Offer

The Pastoral Plan came out of the Diocesan Synod held in 2016. The 6 pillars outlined were informed by the Diocesan Listening Process and delegate voting.

Prayer Guides

Spiritual direction is a ministry of spiritual conversation where a person meets with a spiritual director on a one to one basis.

Welcome To the Limerick Diocese website

Pastoral Plan

The Diocese of Limerick has celebrated a Diocesan Synod, the first in 80 years. It has been an event of the Holy Spirit, an experience of deep encounter, a time of hope.

Pastoral Care of the Family

The Christian vision states that family life is sacred and its activities holy, and that the family can be described as the "domestic Church".

Youth Ministry

Our youth ministry programmes, pilgrimages and events are all centred around three flames, Failte, Foghlaim & Gui

History & Heritage

The Diocese of Limerick actually dates from the twelfth century when its boundaries were laid down at the Synod of Rathbreasail.

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Recruiting now for our

Lay Pastoral Ministry & Leadership Formation Programme

Sept 2024 - Dec 2026

 

Launch of Programme 2024 – 2026 will take place at the Diocesan gathering on 21st September in the Castletroy Park Hotel

Information Evening: Thursday October 3rd 7.30p.m. Limerick Diocesan Centre

Deadline for Return of Applications: Wednesday 9th October

Initial Orientation and Selection: Saturday October 26th – 10.00a.m. to 4.30p.m.

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First Holy Communion and Confirmation 2021

To help girls and boys prepare for their first Reconciliation (Confession), First Holy Communion and Confirmation, our own Fr Chris O'Donnell has worked with iCatholic, on behalf of the Catechetics Council of the Irish Bishops' Conference, to produce video lessons for First Communion/Confirmation children and their families.

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