The Kilmore Diocesan Synod, which was held in October 1834, was the beginning of a period of great pastoral reform in the Diocese of Kilmore.  Forty years later, in March 1874, as this period of reformation was coming to an end, St Patrick's College Cavan was opened as a seminary where clerical students studied for the priesthood and lay students received secondary education.  The College was designed by the well known architech, William Hague, and the original building, the present day Pastoral Centre, has remained virtually unchanged since then.

In 1995 an option for renewal was taken by the Diocese of Kilmore.  With less than 80 boarders it was decided that the boarding School would close.  The boarding ended in June 2000.  In October 2000 the Kilmore Diocesan Congress took place.  Here a call was made for the setting up of a Pastoral Centre.

  The Pastoral Plan was launched in 2002.  on the 23rd June 2003 renovation works began on the old boarding wing of St. Patrick's College costing in the region of 2.5 million euro.  This houses the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre.

At the

Pastoral Congress

Official opening of Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre

13th February 2005