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.

Diocese of Cork and Ross Mailing List

Did you know you can now receive website news and announcements from the diocese of Cork and Ross direct to your email?

How does it work?

Any new articles that are featured on the homepage of CorkandRoss.org will be compiled and sent to you in a single email no more than once a day.

You can also choose the options to receive the Bidding Prayers for each Sunday and/or a Reflection on Sunday's Readings from Fr. Silvester O'Flynn OFM. Cap.

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For a Synodal Church: communion, participation and mission

In October 2021 the Catholic Church's synodal process on the theme of synodality began. This was the first time that a worldwide listening process and consultation with parishes and dioceses was attempted and many people in Ireland took part in a listening process during the early months of 2022.

Did you take part?

Have you been wondering what happened after that?

Much has happened since then. Your participation formed part of a national document that was sent to the Synod office in Rome in August 2022. It also formed part of a global document called Enlarge the Space of Your Tent, which was published last October and then formed part of a presentation given by the Irish delegation that travelled to Prague this February for the first ever Continental Assembly of the Catholic Church's synodal process.

Update Flyer for Parishes and Groups

Synod 2021 2024

Please visit www.synod.ie/2023update to find out more.