The Diocese of Kilalla covers parts of counties Mayo and Sligo and is home to approximately 38.715. The bishop of the diocese since 2002 has been Bishop John Fleming.
The themes that emerged throughout the Diocese of Kilalla’s gatherings were centred around:
What we need to do now (Among adults)
- Youth, Appeal to / Encourage/ Include 26%
- Women, increase roles 21%
- Celibacy, abolish 20%
- Participation, enable / encourage 9%
- Education – faith formation (for all) 8%
- Prayer 7%
- Children’s Masses 5%
- Listen more 5%
- Religion in School 5%
- Parish Councils, strengthen 4%
What we need to do now (Among youth)
- Among Youth Response Frequency Percent Youth, Appeal to / Encourage / Attract 17%
- Modernise / Change 13%
- Celibacy, abolish 12%
- Mass, improve / make more interesting 12%
- Women, increase role 12%
- Accept Everyone 6%
- Relate more to people 6%
- Listening, Discussion, Dialogue, Openness 5%
- Vocations – increase 5%
- Embrace Gay People 4%
What do we need to stop doing now? (Among adults)
- Ignoring Women 4.9%
- Old-Fashioned Mentality 4.9%
- Being Judgemental 4.6%
- Negativity / Complaining 4.2%
- Dictatorship 4.0%
- Hiding Past Atrocities 3.6%
- Celibacy (for priests) 2.8%
- Boring Homilies 2.5%
- Excluding Gay People 2.5%
- Money – talking about / asking for / announcing collections 2.5%
What do we need to stop doing now? (Among Youth)
- Judging People 6.7%
- Mass being boring 6.7%
- Anti-LGBT practices 3.9%
- Old-Fashioned /Closed-Minds 3.9%
- Celibacy 3.4%
- Discrimination / Exclusion 3.4%
- Making-Up People’s Minds 3.4%
- Being against abortion 3.1%
- Hiding past atrocities 3.1%
- Forcing People to Believe 2.5%
What might the Holy Spirit be saying?
- That Priests be allowed to marry
- That Priests who have married return to active ministry
- That the Church’s teaching on Homosexuality and those excluded from the Church be changed to reflect the inclusion of all people regardless of Sexual orientation, Marital status or Family status
- That women be ordained to the Priesthood:
- That the mandatory ban on the Ordination of Women be lifted.
