Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Sunday Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday 10am: Wednesday and Friday this week 7.30pm. Night Prayer at 8pm every evening. Ash Wednesday: This Wednesday, 17th, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent….
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Mary O’Brien, Mary Lee, Tess Crowley, Cormac Ryan, Bill O’ Driscoll, Tony McDonnell, Sheila Hurley, George Heaphy, James O’Shea, Dinah O’Brien.
(i) 2, Matthew and John; (ii) The missing book of the Pentateuch was Leviticus; (iii) Genesis and John’s Gospel both begin with ‘In the beginning’; (iv) The servants at the wedding feast in Cana; (v) St Paul and he chose…
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“We pray for women who are victims of violence, that they may be protected by society and may have their sufferings considered and heeded.”
After reflecting on the parable of the Good Samaritan during the week I returned to chapter two and picked out some points made by Pope Francis that struck me most — in n.76 he refers to the injured man. He…
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Conscious of the fact that we cannot distribute ashes this Ash Wednesday, I decided to look at the Gospel reading for that day. It is the same one every year. Taken from Matthew’s Gospel, the passage sees Jesus giving some…
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“Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘Nothing’ for you” – Saint Teresa of Calcutta
On Ash Wednesday we begin our Lenten journey of conversion and renewal. You might use this prayer-service with your household gathered around the sacred space in your home. Begin by making the Sign of the Cross and offering the greeting:…
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Sunday Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday 10am in line with Covid19 Level 5 restrictions. No 8am Mass during the week until further notice. No Congregations for daily and Sunday Masses until…
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Thomas McCarthy, Catherine Dennehy, John Joe Lynch, Con Healy, John L. Heaphy Snr, John L. Heaphy Jnr, Kit O’Keeffe, Kathleen McCarthy, Lar Spillane, Maurice & Bridget Sisk, Patrick Hallissey, Helena & Jerry Hennessy, Frances O’Connor, Bridie Horgan, Billy O’Mahony, Florence…
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Monday 8th February, International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. Was first observed in 2015 by Pope Francis. This date, 8th February, is the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita who was born in Sudan in 1868 and was…
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“We pray for women who are victims of violence, that they may be protected by society and may have their sufferings considered and heeded.”
As we return to the encyclical we do so at the point where Pope Francis is introducing the Good Samaritan parable into the narrative of our daily lives. When Jesus taught the people he did a lot of it through…
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On the front of the Bulletin today is the heading Suffering and the Book of Job. Under it is a reflection on suffering based on the writer’s encounter with someone called job in Bangui the capital of the Central African…
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A few questions: (i) How many of the evangelists were also in the group of the 12 apostles? (ii) Fill in the blank: Genesis, Exodus, _______, Numbers, Deuteronomy. (iii) Which books of the bible begin with ‘In the beginning…’ (iv)…
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