Ballinora – Ballincollig – Ovens and Farran Family of Parishes
A Prayer service will take place in St James Church, Ballinora on
Tuesday 25 February
7.30pm-8.15pm
If you cannot attend, join us online at

There will be a special Launch evening for the Jubilee of Youth Pilgrimage to Rome
Thursday 6 February 2025
at 7.30pm
Mardyke House (T12 W8RP)
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 22 Febraury 2025
2:00pm to 4:00pm
at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork

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.