Vigil Saturday 16th March 

Ss Peter & Paul’s 4pm
Blackpool 4pm
Cathedral 5pm
South Parish 5pm
St Patrick’s 6pm
Ballyvolane 6pm

St Patrick’s Day Sunday 17th March

Cathedral 9am & 11am
Blackpool 12pm
The Glen 10am
South Parish 11am
Ballyvolane 11am
St Patrick’s 12pm
Ss Peter & Paul’s 10am Irish, 12pm Latin, 7pm English

Monday 18th March Bank Holiday

Cathedral 10am
South Parish 10am

Gifts that are ethical, sustainable and are real items that families in developing communities ask us for to make their lives safe and healthy

Trócaire Christmas Gifts of Change bring real hope and opportunity to families and communities living in poverty across our world, and a chance to create lasting and positive change.

There are gifts for everyone starting at €5 for the Gift of Soap.

You can support the gifts by buying them online at

trocaire.org/gifts

Or by phone 1800 408 408 / 021-4275622

Or by post or in person to Trócaire, 9, Cook Street, Cork. T12 F583

Watch this video

Ramata Kamara from Sierra Leone, Africa smiles while harvesting cassava leaves

Ramata is a gift beneficiary of The Gift of Seeds and Tools, which has supported her family with food, an income and she is now well on the road to self-sufficiency.

Bishop Fintan Gavin has announced the appointment of a Faith Development Coordinator to serve the parishes of the diocese

Lorraine Buckley will work alongside Eilís Casey, Parish Life Coordinator, and will be based at the Mission and Ministry Office located in the Cathedral Presbytery. Both will support the teams of priests and lay leaders across parishes in the Families of Parishes. Lorraine’s particular focus will be on faith development and formation for lay ministry.

Lorraine has worked both at parish and diocesan level in various areas of faith development and has been involved in parish councils and pastoral areas. She holds qualifications in business, theology (particularly in the areas of applied theology and catechetics), and counselling plus psychotherapy.

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

This includes the parishes of

• Blackpool, The Glen & Ballyvolane

• South Parish

• Ss Peter and Paul’s

• St. Patrick’s

• Sundays Well

• The Cathedral

Five priests from around Ireland share how they followed their vocation in this 15 minute video

This video was made by the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother at the petition of the National Vocations Office (an office within the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference) for the Year for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood.

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