Matt Talbot Centenary weekend services

A  Cork celebration of the centenary of Matt Talbot's death will be held in The Church of the Ascension, Gurranabraher parish at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 27th June.

Fr. Tomás Walsh will be the celebrant and homilist at the mass and special prayers for Matt's beatification will be said.

Thank you for your help and support at all times

le gach dea ghuí agus beannacht

Sorcha Uí Laoghaire

Chairperson, Cork Regional Pioneer Council.

Pope Francis Remembrance

Following the announcement by the Holy See that Pope Francis has ‘returned to the
House of the Lord’, Bishop Fintan Gavin invites the people of the Diocese of Cork and
Ross to unite in prayer to God at this time. “I invite the parishioners, priests, deacons
and religious of our diocese to join as one with the faithful across the globe as we
commend Pope Francis to the Lord.

We give thanks to Almighty God for the gift of Pope Francis as shepherd of the people
of God and we thank God for his selfless service and dedication to the end of his
earthly life. We remember Pope Francis as one who challenged us to reach out to those
on the margins and to bring God’s mercy to all those we encounter. We pray together
that Pope Francis’ call to all of us to make this Jubilee Year a Year of Hope may be
fulfilled.

In what was to be his last pastoral message to the faithful on Easter Sunday, Pope
Francis said: ‘All those who put their hope in God place their feeble hands in his strong
and mighty hand; they let themselves be raised up and set out on a journey. Together
with the risen Jesus, they become pilgrims of hope, witnesses of the victory of love
and of the disarmed power of Life.’

We pray together now that Pope Francis prayer will be answered and that his soul
may be in eternal peace with God.“
An online Book of Condolences has been opened by the Irish Bishops' Conference and
people are invited to submit their messages of sympathy. Here

CHURCH OF THE WAY OF THE CROSS, TOGHER – HOLY WEEK/EASTER 2025

Holy Thursday

7:30 p.m. Mass of the Last Supper - Followed by Holy Hour at Altar of Repose

                                                                           Good Friday                                                                             

12:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

3:00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion

Holy Saturday

8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday

Masses: 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 6:30 p.m.

Easter Week: Mass: 9:30 a.m. only

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 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

"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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St Bernadette’s Relics Pilgrimage to Cork & Ross

For the first time, the Relics of St Bernadette are visiting Ireland, and we will have the privilege of welcoming them to the Diocese of Cork and Ross at the end of this month.  The Diocese have put a full programme together to try and recreate something of the experience that Lourdes offers here at home.

The Relics will be displayed in the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne (North Cathedral) on Wednesday October 30^th from 4pm, and then on the following day, Thursday October 31st, they will travel to the Church of the Immaculate Conception Clonakilty for veneration starting at 2pm. Full programme of events available on the Diocesan website, www.corkandross.org.