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Four baptised at Clonakilty Parish ChurchFour baptised at Clonakilty Parish Church

Our family of parishes has welcomed four young people into the Christian community.

The children belong to two families who live at The Lodge in Clonakilty and came to Ireland from Nigeria.

Esther, Diamond and Chistiana were accompanied by their mother Salimat along with their shared sponsors Paul and Balikis.

Balikis' baby Siobhan was also baptised at the same ceremony. 

Bookings for a Baptism in one of the churches of the family of parishes can be made here.

Niall and Ciara at their wedding in ClonakiltyNiall and Ciara at their wedding in Clonakilty

Glanmire couple celebrate marriage in Clonakilty Parish Church

Niall Gibbons grew up in London but his parents both hailed from Co Roscommon. Ciara Hayes grew up in Cork city but hasn't any West Cork relatives that she knows of!

They both live in Sallybrook, Glanmire, Co Cork now but chose to celebrate their marriage at Clonakilty Parish Church and asked Fr. Tom Hayes to be their celebrant.

Family and guests travelled from Cork and the UK as well as Roscommon and Fermanagh.

We wish them every blessing in their new sacred phase of their life together. 

The gifts of the Holy Spirit were poured out on young people in Clonakilty on Thursday.

Sixth class pupils and staff of Gaelscoil Michíl Uí ChoileáinSixth class pupils and staff of Gaelscoil Michíl Uí Choileáin

Over 60 fifth and sixth class pupils of Gaelscoil Michíl Uí Choileáin celebrated Confirmation in a ceremonmy which was presided over by Monsignor Aidan O'Driscoll, Co-PP, VG, Carrigaline who was previously Parish Priest of Clonakilty.

Acknowledging this special connection, Mons O'Driscoll noted that he probably had baptised many of the young people and was also there on their First Holy Communion Day. 

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At Holy Communion, we receive the Body and Blood of JesusAt Holy Communion, we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus

The following are the dates for First Holy Communion Masses in our family of parishes

All Masses are at 10:30am

Saturday 2 May

  • Ardfield & Rathbarry parish schools
  • Clogagh

Saturday 9 May

  • Barryroe National School
  • Scoil na mBuachaillí and St. Joseph’s GNS
  • Kilmeen parish school (in Rossmore)

Saturday 16 May

  • Rosscarbery parish schools
  • Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin
  • Timoleague

Saturday 23 May

  • Darrara NS and Knockskeagh NS

Mrs Maura Whelton, sacristan in Barryroe, has been awarded the papal bene merenti medal by his holiness, Pope Leo, for her services to church and community

The medal will be given to Maura by Bishop Fintan at the conclusion of 10am Sunday Mass at the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barryroe on 19th April.

An informal reception will be held in the school hall across the road from the church after Mass to which all are cordially invited.

Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, BarryroeChurch of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barryroe

Location Map for Barryroe Church

 

When the Lord prayed that we may be one, he must have included our online world as well.

For some time now, the priests of this family of parishes – along with all the priests of the diocese and our bishop – have been considering how best to coordinate our communications in the parishes across the diocese. We also need to attend to the requirements of GDPR.

We are very aware of the call from the bishop to share resources, to build sustainable ways of ministry across the parishes in the light of falling budgets and to engage parishioners more in the mission of the Church locally.

Bringing this approach to our online presence will involve the following steps. We are asking the people across the six parishes who are involved in various ways to work with us on this in the coming weeks.

Jesus prayed that "they may be one"Jesus prayed that "they may be one"

  1. One website. The family of parishes will have only one website, i.e. onefaith.ie Websites that serve only one parish will not be updated and will redirect users or feature a post directing people to www.onefaith.ie
  2. Social Media. Individual parishes with social media pages will close these and invite followers to follow a Family of Parishes profile which is based on the renamed and refocused Clonakilty Family of Parishes profiles.
    People who contribute to their local parish profiles currently will be invited to be contributors to the renewed social media profiles where local news can be updated.
    The Instagram page is here.
  3. Live Streaming of Sunday Mass. We will retain the pattern of live streaming Sunday Masses only from the churches which have a Church Services facility, ie Clonakilty and Rosscarbery. These do not require people to manage them for each Mass and they are managed by independent providers. (Funerals may continue to be livestreamed by independent providers as arranged by funeral directors).
    Click here for the livestreams.

We are grateful to the people who began the livestreaming in many places during the COVID pandemic and for attending to it along the way.

There is a free email subscription service available on the onefaith.ie website which will help you to stay up to date with happenings in the six parishes.

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