Pastoral Centre

The Armagh Diocesan Pastoral Centre is situated in the centre of Dundalk in a building known locally as the Magnet. The Pastoral Centre was first opened by Cardinal Daly in 1993 at the Franciscan Convent, Mount Oliver, next door to the Ballymascanlon Hotel. It operated there until February 2007 when the Franciscan Sisters reclaimed the building for their own use. The new Pastoral Centre was officially opened by Cardinal Brady on 6 May, 2008. The current director, Sr. Rhoda Curran RSM was appointed byCardinal Brady in 1998.

The Pastoral Centre hosts a prayer room, excellent conference rooms, a counseling room, a small library and the offices of the Office of Pastoral Renewal and Family Ministry. Visitors to the centre are impressed with the freshness and brightness of the facilities.


The Armagh Diocesan Pastoral Centre has a particular interest in family ministry. At different times it offers various courses including pre-marriage courses, marriage enrichment and bereavement support groups. Of special merit has been the establishment of the Beginning Experience (BE), a programme specially designed to help people deal with the loss of a spouse arising from death or separation. It is also hosts "Rainbows", a programme to help children and young people cope with the loss of a parent.

The Pastoral Centre, with the support of the Office of Pastoral Renewal and Family Ministry offers various programmes and courses that support parishes. This includes baptismal ministry training, reflection days and training for ministers of the Eucharist, readers etc, liturgy training and on-going formation for parish pastoral councils. Seminars on specific topics are held periodically.

The address and contact information for the centre is:

Armagh Diocesan Pastoral Centre
The Magnet
The Demesne
DUNDALK
Co. Louth

Tel: +353 42 933 6393

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Welcome to the website of the Archdiocese of Armagh.

Our diocese of sixty-one parishes, from four counties, North and South of the Border, is knitted together closely to form the historic local Church of Armagh. As a diocese we seek not only to be faithful to the message of Jesus Christ himself, but also to embrace the challenges of the present and to look forward with confidence to the opportunities of the future. We strive to do this primarily by reflecting the healing love of Christ and the Truth of his Gospel through the ministry of his Church in the various parishes and pastoral agencies you will find outlined in this website.

I pray that visitors to this site may find the information it contains, the aspirations and resources it promotes, useful in helping to understand the mission of the Archdiocese of Armagh in building up the Kingdom of God in the twenty-first century.

We place it under the protection of Mary, Mother of the Church, who advised us to do whatever her son, Jesus, tells us. We invoke the help of the Patron Saints of the diocese, Patrick  and  Brigid, Malachy and Moninne  and the martyrs, Oliver Plunkett and Patrick O'Loughran,  that this website may prove to be of great help to all who strive to follow Christ faithfully.
 
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