Family Table Quiz for the Pioneer AssociationFamily Table Quiz for the Pioneer Association

MATT TALBOT NOVENA

 

The Matt Talbot Novena continues in Togher Church on Tuesday next,18th March when the celebrant and preacher will be  Canon Martin Keohane, P.P Carraig na bhFear.

On Tuesday 25th March, Most Reverend Ray Browne, Bishop of Kerry Diocese will join us to celebrate the third of our 5 Novena nights this year. 

Anyone who wishes to take a Short Term pledge until Easter or replace a Pioneer emblem may do so after the Matt Talbot Novena any night.

 

Medjugorje

MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE

Ex Cork Airport

Group Leader: Jim Keogh

4th June 2025

7 nights

Everyone welcome!

Please note that our places are limited and can only be allocated

on a first come first served basis.

  • Direct return flights with Aer Lingus from Cork to Dubrovnik.
  • 20kg bags included.
  • Return airport transfers to/from
  • 7 night’s accommodation 4*Hotel Leone.
  • Half Board: breakfast & dinner each day.
  • Full religious programme.
  • Joe Walsh Tours guides & representative throughout.
  • Travel insurance only €45 (up to 79 years old) €65 (from 80 to 94 years old).
  • Optional limited single supplement available.

For further information, please contact:

 

Jim Keogh: 087 2678793 (anytime).

 

 

                   Medjugorje Pilgrimage from Cork Airport with Spiritual Director

 

Our pilgrimage departs from Cork with Aer Lingus on 4th June 2025.

Everyone is welcome! Full daily programme and optional tours. 4-star hotel conveniently located close to the village centre and the St James Church.

Half board: breakfast & dinner each day. Coach transfer to Medjugorje on arrival and return from your hotel to airport for return flight. Check-in assistance at airports. 20kg check-in bag and 1 small cabin bag.

For further information and full details please contact Jim Keogh 087 2678793 /021 4885371.

Cork and Ross Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025

 

The diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes this year will take place from Friday 19th September to Wednesday 24th September. We will fly from Cork to Lourdes. Bookings are now open with Joe Walsh Tours on 01 2410 800 for anyone wishing to travel as a pilgrim.

Volunteers are also required: Doctors, Nurses, Care Assistants and Helpers (Adults and Young Adults aged between 18 to 25 years). For General Enquiries contact 085 2525 040 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PLEASE NOTE - A special Reunion Mass for those who travelled to Lourdes last September will be on Friday, February 28th at 7.30pm in the Church of the Incarnation, Frankfield, followed by a social afterwards. This will officially launch this year’s Pilgrimage, and all are invited to attend this Mass.

"Even the winds and seas obey Him""Even the winds and seas obey Him"

Bishop of Cork and Ross invites people to respond to Church changes with a time of prayer, listening and discernment

On a weekend when heavy rain and winds had blown across his diocese, it seems more than coincidence that a new pastoral message from the Bishop of Cork and Ross should begin with a scripture quote: “Even the wind and the seas obey Him”.

Bishop Fintan Gavin read his message on Sunday to pilgrims attending the annual Mass at St. Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra.

Bishop Fintan’s message is a call to the people of the diocese to commit to a year-long time of prayer, listening and discernment about the future of the Catholic Church in the parishes and chaplaincies of the diocese.

In a time of unprecedented change in society and the Catholic Church in Ireland, people are understandably concerned about their parish’s future, he said.

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