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.

Funeral Ministry Team Formation

 

The Office for Mission and Ministry will be offering three formation sessions for new teams and for new members of existing teams

In the in the Parish Room of St. Patrick’s Church, Dunmanway, Co. Cork on Wednesdays, March 19th and 26th and April 2nd from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.

 To register please visit  https://tinyurl.com/mission-ministry   or by contacting the Office at 021-7355517.                                                                                                            

 

                                                                      Togher Parish

                                                                 Unfolding the Word

 

                           Come explore the Easter Narrative in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

                  We unfold the Word and let Jesus touch our hearts in anticipation of the Great Feast of Easter.

           

             Day: Tuesdays

            Time: 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm

            Dates: 11th Feb., 18th Feb., 25th Feb., 4rd Mar., 2025

           Venue: Upper Room, Sacristy of Church of the Way of the Cross.

           Contact: Tel: 087 – 1261988 

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       Ring / Call to Parish Office: Tel: 021 - 4318899

Are you considering the Poor Clare vocation or would you like to know more about the enclosed contemplative life of a religious sister?

You are invited to join the Sisters for a:

Vocations Afternoon

Saturday 22 February 2025

2:00pm to 4:00pm

at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork

Contact the Poor Clares for more information

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"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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