Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Christ the King This begins the last week in the current Church year. The new year begins the following Sunday, 1st December, which is the first Sunday in Advent.
Shared Mass Cards for Christmas Thanks to Margaret Barry, these cards will be available from next weekend at the office inside the front entrance to the church.
Cemetery Sunday It was wonderful to see the crowd attending the prayers and blessing of the graves in St Joseph’s Cemetery last Sunday. A particular word of thanks to Gary Barry who ensures that a public address system is available for this ceremony every year.
CONNECT 5 CONNECT 5 – an invitation to young adults (18 to 35 years): – Do you want to know more about your faith? There will be a special event for young adults in Devere Hall in UCC on today November 17 th , CONNECT 5.
Afternoon Prayer organised by Cork Pioneers will take place from 2.20 – 4.30 in the Convent of the Missionaries of Charity, Blarney T23 F585 on Sunday 24th November 2024. Donation €10. For further details contact sorchaol@gmail.com or 086 3642619
Information Meeting re year of Prayer, Listening and Discernment, announced recently by our bishop, Bishop Fintan Gavin. The meeting for our family of parishes is on Sunday, 1st December in the Rochestown Park Hotel. There are still copies of the bishop’s letter available at the back of the church. The information meetings begin with tea/coffee at 2.00pm and will finish by 5.00pm. Please let me know asap if you would like to attend.
Farewell to Jannah and Parents Many will remember Jannah at the 12 Mass every Sunday with her parents, Grachelle and Jette. Well they moved this week from Evergreen Rd to Carrigtwohill. Jannah received her First Communion in 2023. Her parents are nurses in the Bon Secours hospital. We wish them every blessing in their new home and school and we thank them for the good example they gave to our community here.
Trócaire Christmas Gifts of Change bring real hope and opportunity to families and communities living with poverty and injustice across our world, and a chance to create lasting and positive change from Somalia to Guatemala, from Sudan to Palestine. There are gifts for everyone starting at 5 euro for the Gift of Soap. You can support the gifts by buying them online at trocaire.org/gifts; by phone 1800 408 408/021-4275622; by post or in person to Trócaire, 9, Cook Street, Cork. T12 F583.
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Recent Deaths: Betty Cronin, Green Lawn; Sheila Desmond, Greenwood Estate; Anna O’Keeffe, O’Connell Crescent. May they rest in peace. We sympathise with their families.