Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Sundays: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm Saturday evening; Morning 8am, 10am and Noon; Ballintotis, 10.30am Weekdays: Monday to Friday 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am. All Masses in Holy Rosary are televised on Saorview and streamed on the Internet. The Church is…
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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am to 10pm.
Anniversaries: Sr. Regina, Maura Hogan, Joe Cronin, Anthony Lehane, Bill O’Donnell, Carmel Seward, Angela Hennessy, Bridget O’Sullivan, Esther Higgins, Peg O’Donovan, Ollie Horgan.
Monday 8th, St Dominic, 1170-1221, a Spaniard who founded the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) to counteract heresy in Europe. Tuesday 9th, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Patron of Europe): born 1891 at Breslau, Poland, the youngest of…
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For small businesses: We pray for small and medium businesses; in the midst of economic and social crisis, may they find ways to continue operating, and serving their communities.
As the month of August passes by we get closer to the re-opening of the schools. At this time, questions usually begin to be asked about the dates for celebrating First Holy Communion, First Confession and Confirmation during the school…
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The annual concelebrated Mass commemorating the day of St. Padre Pio’s ordination to priesthood will take place this Sunday 7th August from 2.30pm, in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Dennehy’s Cross, Cork. Confessions will be available from 1.30pm. There…
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“The specific aim of catechesis is to develop, with God’s help, an as yet initial faith, and to advance in fullness and to nourish day by day the Christian life of the faithful young and old.” – Pope Saint John…
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Sundays: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm Saturday evening; Morning 8am, 10am and Noon; Ballintotis, 10.30am Weekdays: Monday, being a bank holiday, 10am only; Tuesday to Friday 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am. Friday, being the first Friday, has an extra Mass: 7.30pm….
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Anniversaries: Thomas Hayes, P.J. Byrne
The last section of Chapter Seven deals with ‘War and the Death Penalty’. The Pope deals with these two issues in sixteen paragraphs (nn.255-270). N.255 gives a basic introduction to the section: “There are two extreme situations that may come…
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Monday, 1st August, St Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787, founder of the Redemptorist Congregation, taught much on moral theology and the spiritual life. He is remembered as a popular preacher and influential writer of theology. Tuesday, 2nd August, St Eusebius of Vercelli,…
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The first reading this weekend, taken from the book of Ecclesiastes, begins with a phrase that most of us would have heard. It is like a catchphrase — a well thought out statement to capture the attention and get people…
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For small businesses: We pray for small and medium businesses; in the midst of economic and social crisis, may they find ways to continue operating, and serving their communities.
“I am thinking also of the wars waged by gossip and slanders. Speech can assassinate, a word can kill, but God educates us in the school of forgiveness.” Cardinal Robert Sarah “The Power of Silence” p.159