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The audience in Cork City Hall were on their feet in praise of the almost 500 young people who inspired them at the first ever Maranatha event
Students from more than 20 schools in the Diocese of Cork and Ross participated in Maranatha 2025 at Cork City Hall on Thursday 6 March.
The concert is the first for the Diocese of what will become an annual music and faith-based day for post-primary school students across the city and county.
The event was created to bring young people together to celebrate faith and identity through music and have fun at the same time with students gathering for a full day of activities before the Maranatha 2025 event in the evening.
An engaging workshop took place in the morning that touched on the fundamentals of faith and how they are loved by God. A full musical rehearsal followed in City Hall in the afternoon before the evening concert which was open to the general public.
Bishop Fintan on stage at Cork City Hall with the Maranatha choir
Cork and Ross Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2024
Cork and Ross Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025 will be in September and booking is open now
The Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes this year will take place from Friday 19th September to Wednesday 24th September under the patronage of Bishop Fintan Gavin.
The flights are from Cork to Lourdes. There is a choice of hotels from €939 pps and there will be a full Pilgrimage Programme.
Bookings are now open with Joe Walsh Tours on (01) 2410 800 for anyone wishing to travel as a pilgrim.
Volunteers are also required: Doctors, Nurses, Care Assistants and Helpers (Adults and Young Adults aged between 18-25 years).
For general enquiries about the pilgrimage contact (085) 2525 040 or email
Learn more about the Pilgrimage to Lourdes at
Church of the Sacred Heart, Monkstown.
We are looking for an Organist and Musical Director
for the Church Choir.
If you are interested please contact:
Denis Lane on 085-1314080
Are you interested in viewing from a perspective of prayer, faith and curiosity the Life of Christ and the early Kingdom community?
This is for you.
It’s a series was I watched on BBC earlier this year and I highly recommend it…. Fr Dave
Just download the App of the Chosen – It’s free and you can donate if you want to.
The Chosen, the multi-season series about Jesus of Nazareth
It's one of the most successful crowd-funded projects ever, with its makers claiming that during four seasons of the series, viewer support raised nearly $100m in production expenses. But the chances are if you're not a US Christian, you might never have heard of The Chosen, the first multi-season series about Jesus of Nazareth, told through the eyes of his disciples and followers, as well as his opponents.
The series is all based on the gospel accounts of Jesus's life and ministry.
In seasons one to three, he assembles his inner circle of disciples, delivers the so-called Sermon on the Mount, heals various people, including a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years, raises Jairus's daughter from the dead, and walks on water (excerpts released on social media show how the filmmakers recreate that miracle.)
As well as the series on The Chosen app it is also free to view at watch.thechosen.tv - there's the option to donate.
Episodes of The Chosen season four will be released in cinemas in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland from 1 February.
Streaming dates will be announced at a later date.
The ChosenA Special Remembrance Service
on Friday, November 29th at 7.00 pm
in The Church of the Resurrection, Farranree
All those who have experienced the heartache of the loss of an infant or baby, no matter how long ago that loss may have occurred, are welcome to join us in remembering your precious child and honouring their memory in ritual and in prayer.
The Relics of St. Bernadette of Lourdes are on pilgrimage in Ireland and will be in the Diocese of Cork and Ross from 30 October to 1 November
St. Bernadette witnessed eighteen apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes in 1858 and countless millions of people have visited Lourdes since.
This visit of St. Bernadette’s relics will afford to the many people who can’t go to Lourdes an opportunity to be close to St. Bernadette and to Our Lady of Lourdes.
People will be able to venerate the relics at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, Cork, and at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clonakilty.
The programme is as follows:
November Remembrance Masses
We will remember especially all those who have died during the past year at Masses on:
Thursday 7th November at 7.30pm in Church of the Sacred Heart, Monkstown
Friday 8th November @ 7.30pm in St. Mary's Church, Passage West
"Even the winds and seas obey Him"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.
Harbour Parish Funeral Ministry
The Harbour Parish Funeral Team has been in place since 2018.
Lay people are trained up to be part of the Funeral Ministry. The priest in the parish contacts the Co-Ordinator of the Funeral Team to advise them that there is a funeral and to delegate 2 people from the team to go to the Funeral Home or the Home of the deceased to do vigil prayers. These prayers are very meaningful to the family of the Deceased.
Funeral Ministry Formation Team welcomes new people to take part in the training in order to be part of Harbour Parish Funeral Team.
The dates for Funeral Team Formation and Training are October 8th 15th and 22nd in the Sacred Heart Centre, Western Road, Cork
If you are interested – Contact Anne Kelly - Funeral Team Co-Ordinator
Mobile No. 087-9826125
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