Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
This week we have an overlap of two different ‘themed weeks’: starting on Saturday 18th and finishing on the 25th January is the week of Prayer for Christian Unity and beginning on Sunday 19th for a week is ‘Catholic Schools…
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Catholic Schools Week 2025 will be celebrated from Sunday, 19th January, to Saturday, 25th January, with the theme of “Catholic Schools: Alive in Christ”. We pray for and support our local Catholic schools so that, together with us, the parish…
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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
An important meeting of St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society will take place at the Pastoral Centre on Wednesday the 22nd January after 10am Mass.
The forms from the new Altar Servers should be handed into the sacristy. After we receive them, we will contact all who have applied and arrange ‘a training session’. Thanking you all in advance.
For the Right to an Education: “Let us pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected.”
The ‘Alpha Youth’ programme began on Wednesday night last in the Parish Pastoral Centre. Thirty-four young people took part in the session and they really enjoyed it. Four more couldn’t make it on the night, leaving 2 places still available….
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Tuesday, 21st January, St. Agnes, wealthy and beautiful, was martyred for her virginity in the last persecutions in Rome, in the early fourth century. Patron of betrothed couples, gardeners and young girls. Friday, 24th January, St. Francis de Sales, bishop…
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The fourth sign of the times for us to keep in mind as Pope Francis addresses us is the sign of hope to the sick. He says in n. 11: “Signs of hope should also be shown to the sick,…
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The Envelope Boxes for 2025 have been posted. If you have not received a box at this stage, please inform the parish office. There are still some boxes that have not been sent because we have no name or addresses…
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“He who complains, sins”
Sunday Masses: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm; Morning 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis 10.30amWeekdays: Monday to Friday 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
For the Right to an Education: “Let us pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected.”
The Alpha Youth Programme begins on this Wednesday, 15th January @ 7pm. It continues for nine Wednesdays (7 p.m. – 8.15p.m.). ‘Alpha Youth’ is a programme allowing teenagers to freely chat about life, faith and purpose in a fun-filled environment…
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