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Feast of Christ the King 20th November 2022 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Christ King of our Hearts”   Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola Take, Lord and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, And my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, […]

Safeguarding Report Diocese of Cloyne – November 2022 For letter from Bishop William Crean and to access the report, please click on the links below.   Safeguarding Message November 2022   Safeguarding Report Diocese of Cloyne November 2022

30th Sunday C 23rd October 2022 St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh “Fighting the good fight”    ​​​     My friends, The experience of Covid brought lots of new words into our vocabulary.  One of the most prominent to emerge was “resilience”.  It seemed to capture well the spirit of patience endurance that was required of […]

A Cháirde, There is to-day a new awareness of the importance of architecture and landscape on our lives. It is only a generation or more since planning permission became necessary to construct a new house, business or factory. It is common for people to object to some element of a new development on the grounds […]

28th Sunday C 9th October 2022 Sacred Heart Church, Rushbrooke “Gratitude and Appreciation” My friends, On December 10th 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was promulgated. Prompted by the atrocities of WWII the newly established United Nations spelled out the extent of the rights of every person regardless of race, sex or creed. It […]

Monastic Profession of Sr. Maria Gratia of the Holy Spirit St. Benedict’s Priory, Cobh 8th October 2022 My friends, A call to a contemplative vocation confounds this generation. Especially those who view the life journey as short, which it is, so that we should extract each and every thrill and adventure it may offer. It […]