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P.A.L.S. - November 2006

The work of the P.A.L.S group includes Leadership and Training, Diocesan and Parish Surveys, Attending to Diocesan and Parish structures and Parish Pastoral Councils. There are nine members of this group.

Since the last Bundoran gathering the group has focussed on
issues relating to Parish Pastoral Councils—from talking about them to bringing them into existence, and working on the
celebration of Parish Pastoral Council Sunday which was
celebrated on Sunday 29th October, 2006.

At present the P.A.L.S. group has been considering the
implications of 'Clustering and Rationalisation' and 'New parish structures and ministries'.

The group held an informative workshop session on 1st October and is at present assimilating the information it gathered there.
There are many aspects to the idea of Clustering and
rationalisation including the pivotal role of the Parish Pastoral Council,
necessary consideration being given to the priest and ensuring that prayer is a part of the process.

May the Saints of our Diocese intercede for us.
May all who live in our Diocese pray for us.

Chair: Rev Michael O' Dwyer  
 


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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