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Confirmation

This year the Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Wednesday May 1st. There will be two ceremonies. The first one begins at 10am and the girls and boys from Scoil Bhride, CBS National, and Ballintotis will be receiving the…
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Holy Communion for the First Time

There will be five ceremonies in May. Saturday, May 4th, Saint John the Baptist and Educate Together @ 10amSaturday, May 11th, Scoil Bhride @ 10amSaturday, May 18th, CBS National School @ 10amSaturday, May 25th, Gaelscoil Mainistir na Corainn, @ 11amBallintotis…
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Vocations

Last year, on the day of Prayer for Vocations, a special year of prayer for vocations to the priesthood in Ireland began. That comes to an end today. but we would ask you to continue praying for vocations to the…
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Masses

Sunday Masses: Holy Rosary — Vigil 6.10pm; Sunday morning 8am, 10am and Noon. Ballintotis — 10.30am. Weekday Masses – Monday to Friday 8am and 10am. Saturday 10am Confessions are heard in the Adoration Chapel on Saturdays from Noon to 1pm.

Anniversaries

Anniversaries: Seán Fitzgerald, Peg Horgan, John (Jacko) Deady, Gretta O’Sullivan, John Cox Jnr., Dommie Heaphy, Mary Lyons (nee Heaphy), Michael (Mikey) Heaphy, Kevin Dunne, Dermot O’Sullivan.

The Pope’s Intentions for April 2024

For the Role of Women — “We pray that the dignity and immense value of women be recognised in every culture, and for the end of discrimination that they experience in different parts of the world.”

Trocaire

Donations for Trocaire can be returned to the sacristy in Holy Rosary and to the Parish Office.

Lough Derg

The 2024 itinerary for Lough Derg is available. There are One Day Retreats, Three Day Retreats, Residential Retreats, Quiet Days and Lakeshore pilgrimages. The website is: www.loughderg.org and there is a notice up on the notice board at the back…
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Brother Cunningham RIP

The family of the late Brother Cunningham would like to express their deepest gratitude to all the people of Midleton who attended his funeral in Limerick recently. It was greatly appreciated. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis. May…
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Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina takes place this Wednesday evening @ 7.30pm in the Parish Office.

St. Paul on the Road to Damascus

Unlike Peter and Mary Magdalene, St. Paul did not witness the empty tomb, which invests his encounter with the resurrected Christ with a special significance. Christ’s appearance to Paul on the road to Damascus is important because it undermines sceptic…
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The Replacement Apostle—St. Matthias

We know precious little of St. Matthias from the Bible, which records his name just twice. But his story illustrates the centrality the resurrection had for early Christianity, and particularly for what it meant to be a Christian apostle. After…
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Quote of the Week

“The eucharistic celebration is the action of Christ himself and the Church. In it, Christ the Lord, through the ministry of the priest, offers himself, substantially present under the species of bread and wine, to God the Father and gives…
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