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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 2025Letter of thanks from Fr Wilhad (Willy) Casmir Shayo
Dear Fr David O’Connell and the Parishioners of Harbour Parishes,
I would like to thank you for your generosity and very warm welcome you gave me while I was visiting your parish for Mission appeal. You all made me feel at home. We are very happy and grateful to inform you that the total collection made from your parish for the Rosminian missions on the 23rd / 24th August 2025, was €2,015.40.
The weekday Masses at Ringaskiddy Oratory and Shanbally - Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary return i.e.
- 10:00am - Tuesday: Ringaskiddy Oratory
- 10:00am - Wednesday: Shanbally
You are invited to Alpha beginning on Thursday 4 September 2025
What is Alpha?
Alpha is a 10-week experience covering such topics as Who is Jesus? Why did Jesus die? How does God guide us? and Why and How do I pray?
Alpha is relaxed, non-threatening, low key, friendly and fun. Alpha can help you to deepen your relationship with the Lord. All are welcome.
What is Involved?
It is a series of ten meetings on Thursday evenings from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. Each session begins with something to eat and social chat over food. This is followed by a video accompanied by an interesting talk. An open discussion is facilitated for questions raised by the video.
Alpha is free - so why not come along and give it a try?
To find out more contact:
Telephone: 021 437 1109
Email:
Kinsale Care of Creation Group invites you to:
A Day of Reflection to celebrate
The Season of Creation
and to journey together
to care for our common home
Kinsale Carmelite Friary (P17 WR88)
Saturday 27 September 2025
10:30am to 4:00pm
facilitated by Anna Keegan, Trocaire
Suggested donation €15 (lunch included)
For more information and to book contact:
Soil, water, mountains; everything is, as it were, a caress of God.Laudato Si ‘84
Fr Wilhad Shayo, a Rosminian Priest, will be visiting the Harbour Parishes on the weekend of
Sat 24 and Sun 24 August
He will be making a Mission Appeal on behalf of the Rosminians work in East Africa.
The Rosminians have been in Ireland since the 1840s. Members of the Irish Province have worked in Tanzania where they established the Diocese of Tanga. They have also worked in Kenya.
Find out more about the Rosminians at www.rosminians.ie
RosminiansTrocáire thanks the Harbour Parishes for the kind Lenten Donation of €1,660.62
Watch this short video from Trócaire
Trócaire Lent Video 2025
Family of Parishes NewsletterYear of Prayer, Listening and Discernment
Last September, Bishop Fintan invited us to join with him in a Year of Prayer, Listening, and Discernment across the diocese.
During the year, following our information meetings, there was a series of gatherings in each of the 16 Families of
Parishes, with religious communities, the new Irish communities as well as engagement with our school communities.
The gatherings focused on the themes of:
- Baptism
- Sunday Eucharist
- Review of the Family of Parishes
These gatherings gave us an emerging sense of what God is calling us to do, what we should strive for, and what we must prioritise in this time. Bishop Fintan would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who engaged in the journey so far and to those who supported it with their prayer. The Bishop has written an initial response to what has emerged from the gatherings and invites us to read this
Bishop Fintan - Pastoral Letter
You can also read the following:
Thematic Summary from our Family of Parishes
Detailed Responses from the Family of Parishes
Year of Prayer, Listening and DiscernmentThe Finance Committee members of Monkstown and Passage West met in May 2025
Full Financial Reports from P.F. Lynch were presented along with summaries for this website.
Monkstown Parish Accounts Summary 2024
Passage West Parish Accounts Summary 2024
Following the approval and signing off of the Reports the Accounts were then forwarded to the Diocesan Office.
Monkstown: There will be ongoing correspondence with the Diocese around the matter of the Bulging Wall on Church Hill.
Ringaskiddy: Continued contact with the Diocese regarding a derelict site
Passage West: Attention will centre around the upkeep of the Presbyteries until such time as they are likely to be sold.
I would like to express my sincere thanks the members of the Committees for their great help and support.
Fr Dave O'Connell
Harbour Parish Financial Reports
Actions from the Meeting:
- To inform the Diocese that some Parishioners were concerned about the danger around the bulging wall on Church Hill.
- To ask P.J. Lynch for any thoughts on what the Other Expenses of €18,000 might be managed?
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