News and Announcements from the Family of Parishes

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

Vocations Afternoon - Sat 22 Feb 2025Vocations Afternoon - Sat 22 Feb 2025

Altar servers are a really important ministry in each of our Parishes

Since Covid some Parishes have struggled to reengage Altar Servers. The Office for Mission and Ministry and the Coordinator for Youth Ministry are looking at ways of supporting Parishes to develop or introduce Altar Servers.

A first step is to gather with all of our Altar Servers and those priests and adult volunteers who look after them to celebrate Altar Serving in a fun atmosphere and to look at how we can together develop this ministry. We are gathering on

Saturday 25 January 2025
2:30pm to 4:00pm

(venue to be confirmed)

Celebrating Altar ServersCelebrating Altar Servers

 

The Greater Chernobyl Christmas Fair - Sun 8 December The Greater Chernobyl Christmas Fair
Sunday 8 December 

The Greater Chernobyl Christmas Fair
Sunday 8th of December 
11am  - 5.00pm
Marian Hall Ballinhassig  Co Cork  T12 PN2X

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voting in electionsVoting in Elections

‘To be a people of hope! Bishops’ statement for Election 2024 and questions for candidates

Key takeaways:

  • All eligible to vote should exercise their right to maximise the common good
  • Homelessness is unacceptable.  The inability to acquire a home affects social cohesion and is a scandal
  • Politicians should lead by welcoming all immigrants who come with a willingness to contribute to our society
  • The deliberate taking of human life undermines civilised society
  • Political parties must urgently address pollution, climate change and loss of biodiversity
  • The war in Gaza and the Middle East must stop now.  Enough is Enough!
  • Church-State structured dialogue is not functioning and in need of review

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Trócaire Christmas Gifts of Change bring real hope and opportunity to families and communities living with poverty and injustice across our world, and a chance to create lasting and positive change from Somalia to Guatemala, from Sudan to Palestine.

There are gifts for everyone starting at 5 euro for the Gift of Soap.  You can support the gifts by buying them online at:

trocaire.org/gifts

by phone 1800 408 408 / 021-427 5622

by post or in person to
Trócaire
9 Cook Street
Cork. T12 F583

 

Poem for Paul O Donoghue

"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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