The next national collection for next year’s World Meeting of Families in Dublin is due to be taken up in parishes across the country at Masses on the first weekend of April.
The August 22-26 event is expected to attract thousands of Catholic families from around the globe to Ireland.
Pope Francis has chosen Ireland to host the 9th World Meeting of Families on the theme ‘The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World’.
Church leaders here have established a national finance committee to provide advice on the financial planning.
There are three national collections in total to support the hosting of the event, the first of which took place last May.
