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

Family of Parishes Newsletter

Summer 2025

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Year 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

The 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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The Eucharistic Procession will take place on:

Sunday 22 June 2025

This year marks 99 years since it began with the first Procession in the Cork city streets taking place on 6 June 1926 where tens of thousands of people participated. 

The idea of taking the Procession through the streets of Cork emerged in the years after the War of Independence and the Civil War in a bid to heal division.

The Procession will commence at 3pm from the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Anne. A number of additions have been made to the Procession this year.

To facilitate the increasing numbers taking part each year, the liturgy and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take place on a specifically erected stage and altar on the Grand Parade.

Music is a big part of the procession so we have invited the choirs and music groups from the parishes in the city and beyond to participate. The procession will be led by the Butter Exchange band.

View the route for the 2025 Procession here