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Athlone native, Michael Duignan, has been appointed Bishop of Galway, confirmation of the news emerging on Friday morning last.

It was confirmed this morning (Friday) that His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the request for retirement of Bishop Brendan Kelly, heretofore Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora; and has appointed Bishop Michael Duignan, Bishop of Clonfert, to minister simultaneously as Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora.

A new format for the annual Galway Novena has been announced this week. Recognising that COVID 19 can still cause very real harm, the upcoming Novena will be celebrated ‘online’ and participants will have two opportunities each day to log-on to a live liturgy of prayer, worship, music, preaching and blessing directly from Galway Cathedral.

iCareer, based in Oranmore, Galway, is now in its 13th year in business. The company specialises in career planning for young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who are challenged by education and career planning decisions.

People have been hurt by their experience of Church and now must be listened to, the new Archbishop of Tuam, Francis Duffy said on Sunday after he was installed at a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption held before a reduced audience in line with Covid restrictions.

Many people have been hurt by their experience of Church and must be listened to, the new Archbishop of Tuam, Francis Duffy said today after he was installed  at a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption held before a small audience in line with restrictions.

Most Reverend Francis Duffy will be installed as Archbishop of Tuam in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam, on Sunday next, January 9, during the celebration of Mass at 2.30 pm. He succeeds Archbishop Michael Neary who was appointed Archbishop of Tuam on 17 January 1995.

At 3pm on Christmas Day a sung traditional Latin mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of St Mary’s College, St Mary’s Road.

A new festive tradition began in Galway this week when a local clergy member hung a sandbag on her mantlepiece instead of a Christmas stocking, to raise awareness of the hunger crisis in flood-hit South Sudan.

Irish alternative/indie folk group, Saint Sister, will perform a live set within the surrounds of the Dean Crowe Theatre on Saturday, December 11, at 8pm.