Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.
“In truth, eternally and in reality, this oil filled with light is a venerable proof of your love, God on high. This is why Paul himself deemed it fitting to say directly in his teaching on grace and thanksgiving, “He…
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Monday, March 6th: Bailick: Road, Avenue, Court; Cherrywood Ridge, Heights; The Granary, Wood Quay, Charleston Wharf. Riverside: Park, Estate; Rosary Place; Fr. Murphy Place and Church View.The Rock: Youghal Road, Rockgrove; Beechwood: Court, Drive; Oakwood Lodge, Park South, The Oaks;…
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Vigil Mass: 6.10pm; Sunday 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis Sunday 10.30am Weekday Masses: Monday to Friday, 8am and 10am. Saturday 10am. There will also be a 7.30pm Mass on Wednesday night for Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be distributed at…
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Anniversaries: Bridget & Patrick Morrisey, Patrick Cahalane, Bernadette Walsh, Kit White, Mannie Heaphy, Marie Fitzgerald, Hugh Cusker.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm.
Tuesday 21st, St Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church, (1007-72), gave up teaching to become a hermit. Later, he was Cardinal of Ostia. He was an outstanding reformer of Church life and discipline. Thursday 23rd, St. Polycarp, bishop…
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Separate from the annual collection, St. Vincent de Paul has received donations totalling €4,340.00 for which we are very grateful.
We pray that parishes, placing communion at the centre, may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity and welcome towards those most in need.
Wednesday 22nd is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season: “On the Wednesday before the First Sunday of Lent, the faithful receive the ashes, thus entering into the time established for the purification of their souls. This sign of…
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Friday 24th, Worldwide Day of Prayer for Survivors and Victims of Sexual Abuse. The following prayer is inscribed on the healing stone unveiled at the 50 International Eucharistic Congress in 2012 in Dublin and which now has a permanent home…
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Chapter IV of Dei Verbum deals with the Old Testament. After speaking of how God shows himself to Abraham and to the people of Israel through Moses and through the mouths of the prophets it sums up what the initial…
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In this week’s Gospel we are still looking at what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount – it continues to be challenging: “You have learnt how it was said: You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy….
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“A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfil the duties of everyday with exactitude and to study and work with all our strength.” St. Peter Damian.
Vigil Mass: 6.10pm; Sunday 8am, 10am and 12 Noon. Ballintotis Sunday 10.30am Weekday Masses: Monday to Friday, 8am and 10am. Saturday 10am. Confessions: Saturday Noon to 1pm in the Adoration Chapel.
Tess Crowley, Cormac Ryan, Sheila Hurley, Finbar Harding, Dinah O’Brien, John O’Farrell, Eddie Daly, Daniel (Dan) Fleming, George Heaphy, Mary Phil Clancy, Bill O’Driscoll.