Notices

Unfolding the Word

All are welcome to join us to explore, reflect and pray with Sacred Scripture as part of our Lenten Journey.

Parish Centre, St. Joseph's Church, Springhill, Glanmire.

Thursday 12th March at 7.30pm

and Thursday 19th March at 7.30pm

Your word, O Lord, is a lamp for my steps and a light for my path.

(Psalm 119:105)

Adoration, Benediction and Evening Prayer will take place in our churches between 5pm and 6pm on the following Sundays during Lent:

First Sunday of Lent, 22nd February in Carraig na bhFear

Second Sunday of Lent, 1st March in Glounthaune

Third Sunday of Lent, 8th March in Glanmire

Fourth Sunday of Lent, 15th March in Watergrasshill

Fifth Sunday of Lent, 22nd March in Carraig na bhFear

Bishop of Cork and Ross invites people to respond to Church changes with a time of prayer, listening and discernment

On a weekend when heavy rain and winds had blown across his diocese, it seems more than coincidence that a new pastoral message from the Bishop of Cork and Ross should begin with a scripture quote: “Even the wind and the seas obey Him”.

Bishop Fintan Gavin read his message on Sunday to pilgrims attending the annual Mass at St. Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra.

Bishop Fintan’s message is a call to the people of the diocese to commit to a year-long time of prayer, listening and discernment about the future of the Catholic Church in the parishes and chaplaincies of the diocese.

In a time of unprecedented change in society and the Catholic Church in Ireland, people are understandably concerned about their parish’s future, he said.