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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

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

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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.

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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

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Personnel issues and reduced congregations in some churches along with unsuitable times for some communities all suggest that last year’s winter timetable needs to be revised and reduced

The new timetable will continue to concentrate on the parish churches and the other churches will have Mass once a month. So there will still be ten to twelve Masses celebrated in the Family of Parishes each weekend.

The need for communities to think and look beyond their own local church building and to think instead about parish - and then family of parishes - is an ongoing challenge.

A sustainable timetable needs to provide for having four priests available on a given weekend (each offering three Masses in different places). In order to allow for choice for people, travel by priests and a dignified celebration, some of the Mass times are changing slightly.

This is the new timetable. It will be announced and explained over the next two weekends and will be effective from the first weekend of October.

Revised times of Masses in our Family of ParishesRevised times of Masses in our Family of Parishes

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