We are the Cathedral Parish of the Diocese of Clogher with a population of about 9000. The town of Monaghan is a northerly town in County Monaghan, 12kms from the border with Northern Ireland. The parish consists of both urban and rural. Three of the parish's churches where Sunday Masses are celebrated, the Cathedral, St. Joseph's and St. Davnet's are in the town and the fourth, St. Michael's Church, is located 5kms south in the rural setting of Ardaghey.

Photo by Hugh Rooney

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What's New?

See Parish Bulletin for more details of what's happening in the parish

Click here for the Grand Final Draw December 2009 results along with the monthly winners in the Monaghan and Rackwallace Parish Draw 2009.

Confirming Our Children Masses for boys and girls preparing for Confirmation in May 2010. Masses are the 10.30a.m. Mass in the Cathedral

• Sunday 18th April: 3rd Sunday of Easter

Do This in Memory Masses: Cathedral 10.30a.m. Mass

• Sunday 14th March: 4th Sunday of Lent
• Sunday 25th April: 4th Sunday of Easter
• Sunday 6th June: Feast of the Body and Blood of our Lord

Children Praying God's Word: A programme of praying stories about Jesus on the 6 Sundays of Lent in the Cathedral Rooms during the 10.30a.m. Masses. The dates are:

• Sunday 14th March: The son who came back to say sorry
• Sunday 21st March: Zacchaeus
• Sunday 28th March: Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey