Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Pope Francis finishes Chapter One with two paragraphs on hope, nn.54 and 55. HOPE 54. Despite these dark clouds, which may not be ignored, I would like in the following pages to take up and discuss many new paths of…
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The quote today is a little bit longer than usual. It is the Canticle of Simeon as given in the night prayer of the Church: Antiphon: “Save us Lord, while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we…
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after 10am Mass and from 6pm to 7pm. Confessions will be heard in the Adoration Chapel, entrance from Our Lady’s Chapel. “Traditionally many people turn at this time of the year to ask for God’s forgiveness…
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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday 23rd after Mass to 5pm.
Monday 21st, St. Peter Canisius 1521-1597. Born in Holland. He joined the Jesuits and through his courtesy and learning promoted the Catholic revival after the Council of Trent. His greatest work was a catechism published in 1555. Wednesday 23rd, St….
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David (Dots) O’Brien, Anne O’Brien, James O’Brien, Billy Grandon, Ciss Grandon, Pattie Walsh, Ann Barry, Joanna Wilshin, Molly Cronin, Peg Fouhy, Ellen Lehane, Donie Kennedy, Kathleen Durham
Pope Francis, “Fratelli tutti” — as I sat to summarize the last parts of chapter one for this week’s bulletin I ended up coming back to this one paragraph because it highlights some of the problems that we face. In…
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Midleton Hospital Chapel and Ballintotis Church have no public masses until further notice.
Mass Times: Sundays Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Weekdays: Monday to Friday 8am; Monday to Saturday 10am; televised and with congregation of 50. The Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses are open for 100 people; details at…
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Confessions will be heard on Saturdays from 10.30am to 11.30am in the Adoration Chapel, entry from Our Lady’s Chapel.
Feast days this week: Sunday 13th St. Lucy, Patron Saint of the blind and visually impaired. (Not celebrated liturgically this year); Monday 14th St. John of the Cross (1542- 1591) a Carmelite who, despite opposition and imprisonment, worked for spreading…
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Anniversaries around this time: David Conway, Mary Fitzgerald, Bea Cashman, Dermot Sheedy, Brian Sheedy, Jim Lane, Marie Hennessy, Eileen O’Keeffe, Fritz Schafer, Sam Bolton, Gerard Murphy.
Today’s Gospel is taken from Chapter 1 of St John. It contains the verses from,that chapter that look at John rather than Jesus. It highlights for us the link John is between the Old and the new testament through the…
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I am looking at Chapter One nn.9-24 today. The title of the chapter is ‘Dark Clouds-over a Closed World’. The headings within the chapter give a sense of how it develops — ‘Shattered Dreams’; ‘Lacking a Plan for Everyone’; ‘Globalization…
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