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A wide range of views was expressed by over 800 people during the recent listening sessions at ten locations throughout the diocese of Ossory.

A major review of the Ossory Diocesan Forum has resulted in a decentralised structure which will be more locally based.

At the second round of meetings of the newly formed Deanery Pastoral Councils of the Ossory diocese, Bishop Seamus Freeman said the purpose of a more locally-based new model of the forum is to promote a more neighbourly context for an effective Gospel response to local challenges.

A new locally based pastoral council structure has been established in the Diocese of Ossory. This new development resulted from a major review of the Ossory Diocesan Forum which saw the need for a more decentralised and locally based structure.

The Archbishop of Tuam Dr Michael Neary launched “Guidelines for Pastoral Councils – Treoirlínte do Chomhairlí Tréadach” in the McWilliam Park Hotel Claremorris last week. The guidelines are published in both English and Irish and consist of a 16-page booklet outlining the purpose, vision and term of office of pastoral councils.