Killeigh Parish in the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin,
- a parish reaching back through history to the coming of Christianity to Ireland.
Mass in thanksgiving for Pope Francis will be in Killeigh Church Friday 25th April at 10am
Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin
Message to Priests & People on the death of Pope Francis
It is with great sadness that we learned of the news of the death of Pope Francis. While we knew he was very ill, seeing him on Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, greeting the faithful, brought great comfort. The announcement of his death on Easter Monday morning was all the more a shock and sad, at the suddenness of his passing.
Pope Francis came from the periphery, as the first Pope from the Americas, and those at the periphery - the poor, the migrant, the prisoner, the refugee, the outcast – were always at the centre of his pontificate. Only last Holy Thursday, despite his own frailty, he took time to visit Rome’s Regina Coeli prison and his first visit outside Rome as Pope was to the tiny island of Lampedusa to remember the many drowned at sea, in search of refuge and a new beginning on mainland Europe.
Pope Francis will be remembered for many things and there will be much commentary over the next while, but for me, his message of inclusion and mercy was key. “The name of God is mercy” he reminded us. And now we commend him to the mercy of God.
I ask every parish to celebrate a Requiem Mass for the happy repose of the soul of Pope Francis on a date and time that is convenient for you. You may ring your Church Bells 88 times, if you wish, at the end of that Mass (once for every year of his life). We should include Pope Francis in our intercessory prayers for the dead at all Masses over the coming days.
I will celebrate a Requiem Mass in the Cathedral on Thursday 24 April at 10am for the repose of his soul.
At the heart of Pope Francis’ message of hope in this Jubilee Year was the reality of the life, death and resurrection of Christ and in this Easter Octave, Pope Francis is welcomed into the eternal embrace of the resurrection. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Every blessing and good wish to all of you during this Easter Octave,
22 April 2025 + Denis
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Bishop Denis Nulty's Message for Easter 2025.
My mother was fifteen years dead on April 15th. Her death was sudden and unexpected, particularly when I think of dad’s. When those we love die, years tend to morph into one another, you forget the number of years. Fifteen years is but a twinkling of an eye.
There is a line in Luke’s Easter Vigil gospel that captures this beautifully, as it takes our focus from the grave, from the tombstone: “why look among the dead for someone who is alive?” Those we love and lose to death are alive in Christ and are alive in our hearts.
The three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday are essentially one liturgy lasting three days. Holy Thursday begins but doesn’t end. Good Friday picks up the themes but leaves us at Golgotha while on Holy Saturday we wait at a tomb, waiting for the dawn to break, waiting for the tomb to be cracked open.
The Triduum is three days in one. Easter is fifty days in one. Let’s make the most of these fifty days and feel the life of Christ fully alive among us.
I am very conscious of the great work done across all our parishes to unpack the Easter story. I thank priests and people who do so much to make these days special. As the hymn prays:
“Christ is alive, with joy we sing, We celebrate our risen Lord,
Praising the glory of his name. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!”
Blessings to all as we celebrate the life of Christ and the life of all we’ve lost to death. Happy Easter! +Denis
Happy Easter to all our Parishioners at home and abroad.
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KILLEIGH PARISH has five villages:- Killurin, Geashill, Ballinagar, Cloneygowan, & Killeigh.
The name KILLEIGH is thus explained:- Cill Achaidh, Church of the Field;
Earlier:- Acha Droma Fada, the field of the long ridge
Killeigh Parish lies in the shadow of the Sliabh Bloom Mountains. Geographically it is the biggest parish in the diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, and the second biggest in the country.
This parish can trace its history back to the coming of Christianity to Ireland.
Earlier:- Acha Droma Fada, the field of the long ridge
'The Pillars of our Parish' by Olive Cuskelly.
