"My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.”
Isaiah 32:14-18
This year’s Season of Creation has as its theme “Peace with Creation”, inspired by the above passage from Isaiah. In a world of challenges and division, marked by war and climate change, how can we as people of faith create and work towards peace with creation?
The Season of Creation has a special significance for the Catholic Church, particularly since the late Pope Francis established 1 September as an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The Season of Creation is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October (Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi) and celebrates the joy of creation as well as encouraging awareness-raising initiatives to protect the natural environment.
Resources at the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference
Season of Creation, 2025
Are you considering the Poor Clare vocation or would you like to know more about the enclosed contemplative life of a religious sister?
You are invited to join the Sisters for a:
Vocations Afternoon
Saturday 27 September 2025
2:00pm to 4:00pm
at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork
Poor Clares Vocations Afternoon - Sat 27 Sept 2025
Canon Martin Keohane
Change is challenging and can be difficult. This year the Diocesan changes, which have been announced by the Bishop, will come into effect on Saturday 26th July, present a challenge and an opportunity for all of us. Canon Martin Keohane is to retire from his full-time appointment and to become weekend assistant in the Skibbereen Family of Parishes. We thank him for all he has done, for his commitment, support and friendship and wish him well in retirement.
We welcome Fr. Emmanuel Ihomon who has been appointed as curate to the Family of Parishes and will reside in Our Lady Crowned, Mayfield.
As there will not a be a resident priest in Carraig na bhFear, Fr. Christy Fitzgerald as Moderator will assume administrative responsibilities for the parish. Fr. Pat Fogarty, Fr. Damian O’ Mahony, and Fr. Christy Fitzgerald supported by Fr. Pat Nugent and Fr. Immanuel will share pastoral responsibility in Carraig na bhFear. As a Family of Parishes, working together, we will do our best to ensure continued pastoral care across the four parishes of Carraig na bhFear, Glanmire, Glounthaune and Watergrasshill and Glenville.
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