Bishop Denis’Bishop Denis’ Homily at Mass celebrating St Oliver Plunkett, LoughcrewBishop Denis

Msgr. John McEvoy’s 50th Anniversary of OrdinationSt. Patrick’s Church, Rathvilly – 27 June 2026St. Paul’s words this evening always puzzled my dad, how could baptism bring us back into a tomb, he would ask? The symbol of our faith is a cross, the cross is an instrument of death, it’s the sign we mark ourselves every time we pray. Why this Christian fascination with death? With our faith in Christ who has died and is risen, we are ourselves free from the fear of death to walk with courage