Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
Mass Times Sundays Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Weekdays: Monday to Saturday 10am; Wednesday and Friday 7.30pm (all the Masses are celebrated without congregation and televised) Night Prayer every night at 8pm (televised) ‘Prayers for our…
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Funerals —The following arrangements apply to funerals in the parish during Level 5: the priests cannot lead prayers in houses or funeral homes, the number attending the Funeral Mass is limited to 25 and the congregation cannot receive Holy Communion….
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Monday 9th, Feast of the Basilica of St. John Lateran — the Pope’s Cathedral and known as the Mother of all Churches. Tuesday 10th St Leo the Great, died in 461, taught the two natures, divine and human, of Christ;…
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Pope’s Intentions for November: Universal prayer intention: Artificial Intelligence. “We pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind.”
The envelopes for the Holy Souls containing the sheet for the names of the deceased you wish to pray for are at the back of the church. They may be returned through the parish office or any of the priests’…
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Because of Covid-19, by special mandate of Pope Francis, the Apostolic Penitentiary released last Friday some changes to the normal practice for indulgences for Holy Souls. Plenary Indulgence during the month of November — Due to the coronavirus pandemic and…
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“Bible Corner” — Recently I recommended that if you were beginning to explore the Bible you should take one book from the Old, one from the New and one Psalm a day that you could use as a prayer. The…
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Sundays Saturday Vigil 6.10pm Sunday Morning 8am, 10am and Noon Weekdays: Monday to Saturday 10am and Monday to Friday 7.30pm (all the Masses are celebrated without congregation and televised) ‘Prayers for our Dead’ televised every Sunday evening at 5.15pm The…
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Funerals —The following arrangements apply to funerals in the parish during Level 5: the priests cannot lead prayers in houses or funeral homes, the number attending the Funeral Mass is limited to 25 and the congregation cannot receive Holy Communion….
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Pope’s Intentions for November: Universal prayer intention: Artificial Intelligence. “We pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind.”
The envelopes for the Holy Souls containing the sheet for the names of the deceased you wish to pray for are at the back of the church. They may be returned through the parish office or any of the priests…
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Sunday, November 1st All Saints. “The ultimate object of veneration-of the Saints is the glory of God and the sanctification of man conforming one’s life fully to the divine will and by imitating the virtue of those who were pre-eminent…
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Because of Covid-19, by special mandate of Pope Francis, the Apostolic Penitentiary released last Friday some changes to the normal practice for indulgences for Holy Souls. Plenary Indulgence during the month of November — Due to the coronavirus pandemic and…
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Tuesday 3rd November, St. Malachy Wednesday 4th November, St. Charles Borromeo Thursday 5th November, St. Martin de Porres Friday 6th November, Feast of All the Saints of Ireland.
In the piece above about All Souls’ Day there is a reference to a passage from the Second Book of Maccabees (2 Maccabees 12: 46). It is one of the Historical Books in the Old Testament and the passage is…
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