Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Last week’s list of saints should have included St. Oliver Plunkett whose feast day is July 1st. To make up for it, this is what it says in the liturgical calendar about him: “St. Oliver Plunkett was from Irish nobility…
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Monday 3th July, St. Thomas, apostle. St. Thomas is said to have preached the gospel in India where he was martyred. The faith that led him to know Christ in his wounds also sent him to the farthest places to…
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Bro. Stephen Buckley from the Pallottine Fathers Missions will be here at all Masses next weekend (8th/9th July) to promote their mission work. The Pallottines were founded by St. Vincent Pallotti, who was born in Rome in 1795. From his…
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Central to the life and ministry of the priest is the Eucharist. The document says: “The other sacraments, as well as with every ministry of the Church and every work of the apostolate, are tied together with the Eucharist and…
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“God has created me to do him some definitive service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission.”
On Sunday, June 11th, the Feast of Corpus Christi, we had our Eucharistic Procession. Led by Deacon Eddie we sallied forth from the Church yard after 12 noon Mass. We proceeded along St. Mary’s Road, turned and entered the Cemetery,…
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Vigil Mass: 6.10pm; Sunday 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis 10.30am. Weekday Masses: Monday to Friday 8am and 10am. Saturday 10am. Confessions: Saturdays Noon to 1pm in the Adoration Chapel.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 9am to 10pm Monday to Friday.
Anniversaries: Maurice Walsh, Flo O’Dwyer, Dave Savage, Anna McCarthy, Tony Glavin, Dan Horgan, Breda O’Brien, Henry Sheehan, Eleanor Kenneally, Christy McEvoy.
We thank everyone who was involved in the organisation of the celebration of Canon Colie’s Platinum Jubilee (70 years) as a priest. We thank those who organised and were involved in the Mass celebrated in Holy Rosary on Friday evening…
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Ireland’s Annual March for the human right to life is on Saturday July 1st, 2023. Dublin. Join thousands at the biggest pro-life event of the year – the All-Ireland Rally for Life. Pro-life people from all around the country join…
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For the Abolition of Torture: “We pray that the international community may commit in a concrete way to ensuring the abolition of torture and guarantee support to victims and their families.”
Tuesday 27th June, St Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor of the Church. Born c.376 and died in 444, St. Cyril was patriarch of Alexandria, and was present at the Council of Ephesus in 431, which proclaimed Mary the Mother…
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The second function discussed by the bishops is the function of the priest as sanctifier: “God, who alone is holy and who alone bestows holiness, willed to take as his companions and helpers, men who would humbly dedicate themselves to…
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The Collection for the “Retired and Sick Priests’ Benevolent Fund” is being taken up around the diocese around this time. Envelopes for this collection can be found at the back of the churches in the parish.