Bishop Francis Duffy 
Bishop Francis Duffy has called for public submissions on the future of the Church in the Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnois.
Following a meeting last month, Bishop Duffy has begun a consultation to learn people’s views on the future of the local Church.
“For the listening process to be robust I am now inviting views from parishioners from across the diocese in order to determine what are the most important issues facing the Church in the coming years, and how should we best respond,” he said, explaining that these views will be summarised at a meeting this November ahead of feeding into a 250-delegate diocesan assembly to take place in Longford next May.
Claiming that the process is already generating positive feelings among priests and people, Dr Duffy said: “I need to hear people’s opinions as to which issues should be a prioritised for the diocesan assembly, and why.”
Submissions of at most one page should be submitted by October 31 to assembly@ardaghdiocese.org
