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Recent days have seen the first groups of young people across the diocese receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation
Bishop Fintan conferred the sacrament on children from Clogagh and Timoleague National Schools on Tuesday Feb 11th in Timoleague’s Parish Church. He also confirmed the children at Barryroe the following day – and at Rosscarbery on Thursday 13th.
The ceremonies continue across the diocese until Friday April 4th. There are a number of ceremonies on most days in order to accommodate the number of candidates and their families.
Almost 3,000 candidates are being presented for the sacrament by their parents and schools.
These photos were kindly provided by Martin Walsh, photographer.
Bishop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross with the altar servers, Fr Tom Hayes and Fr. Fergus Ryan at Barryroe Confirmation. Photo: Martin Walsh.
Feast of the Epiphany - Mon 6 Jan 2025
Monday 6 January 2025 |
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| Ardfield | 10:00am |
| Barryroe | 10:00am |
| Clonakilty | 10:00am |
| Rossmore | 11:00am |
| Rosscarbery | 11:30am |
| Timoleague | 11:30am |
| Clonakilty | 7:00pm |
There are no Vigil Masses for the Epiphany on Sunday 5 January
View the complete Weekend and Holyday Mass times on the Mass Calendar (tip: filter by selecting a Parish)
Christmas Masses 24/25 Dec 2024
Please find below the Christmas Mass times for the Family of Parishes.
Please note as there is now five priests (one priest less) that a number of mass times have changed from last year.
Also be reminded that the collection at Christmas Masses goes towards an income for the priests.
Christmas Eve
Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
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| Timoleague | 6:00pm |
| Carraigfada | 6:30pm |
| Clonakilty | 6:30pm |
| Rossmore | 7:00pm |
| Barryroe | 8:00pm |
| Clogagh | 8:00pm |
| Rathbarry | 8:00pm |
| Clonakilty | 9:00pm |
| Rosscarbery | 9:00pm |
| Courtmacsherry | 10:00pm |
Christmas Day
Wednesday 25 December 2024 |
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| Clonakilty | 8:30am |
| Ardfield | 9:30am |
| Darrara | 9:30am |
| Lisavaird | 10:00am |
| Barryroe | 11:00am |
| Bealad | 11:00am |
| Clonakilty | 11:00am |
| Rosscarbery | 11:30am |
| Timoleague | 11:30am |
View the complete Sunday, Saturday Vigil, Holyday and Christmas Mass times on the Mass Calendar (tip: filter by selecting a Parish)
The Relics of St. Bernadette of Lourdes are on pilgrimage in Ireland and will be in the Diocese of Cork and Ross from 30 October to 1 November
St. Bernadette witnessed eighteen apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes in 1858 and countless millions of people have visited Lourdes since.
This visit of St. Bernadette’s relics will afford to the many people who can’t go to Lourdes an opportunity to be close to St. Bernadette and to Our Lady of Lourdes.
People will be able to venerate the relics at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, Cork, and at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clonakilty.
The programme is as follows:
"Even the winds and seas obey Him"Bishop of Cork and Ross invites people to respond to Church changes with a time of prayer, listening and discernment
On a weekend when heavy rain and winds had blown across his diocese, it seems more than coincidence that a new pastoral message from the Bishop of Cork and Ross should begin with a scripture quote: “Even the wind and the seas obey Him”.
Bishop Fintan Gavin read his message on Sunday to pilgrims attending the annual Mass at St. Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra.
Bishop Fintan’s message is a call to the people of the diocese to commit to a year-long time of prayer, listening and discernment about the future of the Catholic Church in the parishes and chaplaincies of the diocese.
In a time of unprecedented change in society and the Catholic Church in Ireland, people are understandably concerned about their parish’s future, he said.
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