Receive Notices, Stories and Reflections direct to your email

Subscribe

The Clonakilty branch of the Vocations Society of St. Joseph monthly meeting will recommence on:

Tuesday evening

3 February 2026

7:30pm Clonakilty Parish Centre

The Society assists seminarians studing for the priesthood both financially and by prayer.

New members are always welcome to join us from the Family of Parishes at our meetings which include the Rosary and light refreshments.

St. Joseph's Young Priest's Society

Are you grieving?

Would you like help with your particular loss?

Clonakilty Bereavement Group is a safe and secure place in which you work through your grief.

We are offering support over a five-week period and we cover the West Cork area.

commencing:

Tuesday 24 February 2026
8:00pm in Clonakilty

This is a free service.  For more information please phone:

023 883 5654

(Monday to Friday 9:30am to 1:00pm)

Are you grieving?Are you grieving?

Anam Cara Parental Bereavement Support Evening

3rd Tuesday of each month

Fernhill House Hotel

7:30pm to 9:00pm

If you are a bereaved parent please join us on the 20th of January 2026 at 7.30pm for our next support group

Phone: 085 288 8888

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Website

Anam Cara Parental Bereavement Support EveningAnam Cara Parental Bereavement Support Evening

During our Year of Prayer, Listening and Discernment, people shared a desire for a deeper and more united experience of worship during the Sunday Eucharist.

In responding to this desire, we’re introducing the use of common postures at Mass, as outlined in the Missal, starting on the First Sunday of Advent. It is hoped that this will help make people feel even more welcome and at home in whatever church in our diocese that they attend the celebration of the Eucharist.

We have designed a poster and pew card outlining these postures with a brief explanation of why we stand, kneel and sit at Mass. These simple aids are meant to help our communities worship as one body, united in prayer before the Lord.

Pdf of poster    Pdf of pew cards

Watch the short video of common postures at Mass hereWatch the short video of common postures at Mass here

Alongside these printed materials, a short video is also available to help understand the meaning behind the postures at different parts of the celebration of the Eucharist and how they reflect our shared faith.

Read more …

Congratulations and every blessing to Catriona Hegarty, Clonakilty and John Harrington, Enniskeane

They celebrated their marriage on Saturday 15 November 2025 at the Sacred Heart Church, Darrara.

The newly weds live in An Sruthán Beag, Clonakilty.

Catriona Hegarty and John Harrington at Sacred Heart Church, DarraraCatriona Hegarty and John Harrington at Sacred Heart Church, Darrara

Bishop Fintan Gavin has made his first pastoral visits to the two post-primary schools in Clonakilty and was warmly welcomed by students, staff and the school communities

Sacred Heart Secondary School and Clonakilty Community College serve the post-primary educational needs of a large community in the parishes in and around Clonakilty. Sacred Heart Secondary School is an all-girls school established by the Sisters of Mercy and now in the trusteeship of CEIST. Clonakilty Community College is co-educational and its trustees are the Cork Education and Training Board.

The bishop’s visits were coordinated by Paul Kelly, the Diocesan Coordinator for Post-Primary Schools who accompanied the bishop on his visits. Bishop Fintan took part in a prayer service in both schools during which representative students and staff also took part and led singing.

Bishop Fintan makes a pastoral visit to Clonakilty Community CollegeBishop Fintan visits Clonakilty Community College

Read more …

Page 3 of 20