Notices

Safeguarding Sunday

This weekend we mark Safeguarding Sunday across our Diocese.  In prayer we remember all our young people and their families.  We pray for all who are involved in ministry with young people.

We annunciate our commitment to best Safeguarding practices.  We remember those who are

survivors of breaches of trust when they were young.  We…

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‘A Time to Pull in our Nets and take stock’ A LETTER BY BISHOP DENIS TO THE PEOPLE & PRIESTS OF KILDARE & LEIGHLIN DIOCESE February 2026

Pastoral Letter from Bishop Denis

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New Year’s Day Homily

Bishop Denis Nulty—Cathedral of the Assumption Carlow

 

“I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year

‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown’.

And he replied,

‘Go into the darkness and put your hand

Into the hand of God.

That shall…

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Cemetery Mass

The annual Cemetery Mass will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Cemetery on Monday evening, July 14th at 7.30pm.

Vehicle access to the Cemetery will be limited to disabled blue badge holders only, between the hours of 6pm and 7pm. No cars will be permitted access to the Cemetery after 7pm to facilitate safe pedestrian access.

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Masses in the Cathedral weekend 11th/12th January

A problem arose with the heating in the Cathedral this morning (Friday 10th).  Our contractors have been working on it throughout the day.  There is a part required and cannot be sourced until after the weekend.  Masses will be celebrated at the normal times over the weekend, (mindful that there is no heating).  Our Masses…

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Kildare & Leighlin Christmas Message 2024

At the very centre of the word ‘incarnation’ is the noun ‘caro’ meaning flesh. God assumes our flesh. He who is everywhere, allows himself to be restricted in our human body, in our broken and bruised world. Christmas is once again marvelling at this becoming flesh, the fact that…

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St Columbanus Lecture

‘Columbanus, The Irish, And Rome’, by Dr Damian Bracken, U.C.C. and the launch of The International Columbanus Day 2025, by the Most Reverend Denis Nulty, Bishop Of Kildare and Leighlin, on Friday 22nd November 2024 at 7.30pm In the Cathedral Parish Centre, College Street, Carlow Town, R93 XV10. St Columbanus was born c543AD near Myshall,…

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Visit of the Relic of St Bernadette to Carlow Cathedral

 

The ReliRelics of Beloved St. Bernadette to visit Syracuse Diocese | The Catholic Suncs of St. Bernadette will visit the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow on Monday 7th October. The Relics will be received by Bishop Denis at the 10am Mass.

A water ritual, with water from…

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Mass of Thanksgiving

 

Bishop Denis will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at the 10:30am Mass

in the Cathedral on Sunday 4th August,

on the 11th Anniversary

of his…

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Arrangements for Cemetery Mass Update

Based on feedback, having reviewed the situation in terms of car parking at the
Based on feedback, having reviewed the situation in terms of car parking at the Annual St Mary’s Cemetery Mass on Monday, 8th July, 7.30pm, a certain amount of parking will now be facilitated on the grounds of the graveyard for people…
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