Baptism within the Family of Parishes can now be requested via the website

This includes the parishes of

• Ardfield & Rathbarry

• Barryroe

• Clonakilty

• Kilmeen & Castleventry

• Rosscarbery

• Timoleague

The sacrament of Baptism

Days and Times

Most of the Baptism ceremonies now involve more than one baptism being celebrated together and the ceremony is held in one of the parish churches.

In Clonakilty, Baptisms are on Saturday at 4:00pm each week.

Baptisms in the other churches are on Saturday at 2:00pm, one Saturday in each parish each month.

• 1st Saturday in Ardfield and Kilmeen
• 2nd Saturday in Rosscarbery
• 3rd Saturday in Barryroe
• 4th Saturday in Timoleague

You are free to request a baptism in any of the churches in the family of parishes.

About Baptism

Request a Baptism

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The new team of priests assigned to the family of parishes meet in Rosscarbery

(Left to Right) Fr. Tom Hayes, Co-PP, Fr Ted Collins, AP, Fr. David O'Connell, Co-PP, Fr. Fergus Tuohy, SMA CC, Fr. John McCarthy, Co-PP, Fr. John Kingston, Co-PP.

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Lancaster Diocese (UK)

Join the Team!

The Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service are looking for a Programme Leader to join their team for the coming year.

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Join over 1000 young people between 16 and 35 this August at the Youth 2000 Summer Festival.

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We are living in a time of great change within our Church with new ideas and more active lay participation being introduced especially within Funeral Ministry / Ministry of Consolation.

Monsignor Aidan O’Driscoll, Ber O'Sullivan,
Carmel Ryan (Team Co-ordinator) and Noel Lynch

Monsignor Aidan O’Driscoll, Padráig McCarthy,
Carmel Ryan (Team Co-ordinator), and Gerald Butler

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