2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Last week we looked at the signs of hope found in our young people. Pope Francis also makes us aware of the severe problems that can affect some of our young people: “Yet it is sad to see young people…
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House-keeping
The Irish are renowned for chatting about the weather. Today there is one ‘house-keeping’ note about the weather that we need to keep in mind. Recently there was a red weather alert for wind and rain and the way these…
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Quote for the Week
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today.”
Mass times
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
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration Chapel opens from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
Altar Servers
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.
Pope’s Intentions for February
For vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious Life: “Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life.”
Alpha Youth
The Alpha Youth Group continues to meet on Wednesday evenings. Please continue to keep the young people involved in the group in your prayers.
Lourdes Mass
The Lourdes Mass is on in Ballyvourney on Friday, February 7th at 7.30pm. A bus will be going from Midleton at a cost of 10 euro (contact Mary O’Farrell).
The Envelope System
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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Anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Wiliam Crean
Monday, 27th is the anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Wiliam Crean, 27th January, 2013 as Bishop of Cloyne. May the Lord continue to bless him in his ministry.
Feast Days
Tuesday, 28th January, St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and Doctor of the Church, was born in Italy is 1224 and died in 1274. Thomas taught that Christian revelation and human knowledge are aspects of a single truth and cannot be in…
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2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
The fifth group who need signs of hope are the young. To look at this group I am dividing n.12 into sections to reflect on what it says: “Signs of hope are also needed by those who are the very…
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Quote for the Week
“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”
Mass times
Mass times: Sunday Masses: Holy Rosary, Vigil 6.10pm; Morning 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis 10.30am Weekdays: Monday to Friday 8am and 10am; Saturday 10am.