Notices
Notices and News from Ballincollig Parish
Family Mass in Christ our Light Church
The family Mass will be held in Christ our Light Church on Sunday, 3rd November at 12.30pm.
All are welcome.
There will be a Special Mass to remember all our loved ones who died during the past year
This will take place on
Friday November 8th at 7.30pm in St Mary & St John
All those who died from the Parish will be remembered at this Mass.
Families and individuals are invited to partake in the Mass.
2nd – 10th November inclusive
There will be weekday morning Masses as usual in both churches during the Novena: 8.30am in Christ our Light and 9.30am in St. Mary & St. John.
There will also be evening Mass at 7.30pm in St. Mary & St John’s church each day except Saturday and Sunday.
Dates of Cemetery Masses
- Sat 2 Nov - 2:00pm Mass: St. Oliver’s Cemetery
- Sun 3 Nov - 3:00pm The blessing of the Graves at St. James Cemetery, Chetwynd, Togher (off Bandon Road)
- Sat 9 Nov - 12:00 Noon Mass: St. Mary & St. John’s Cemetery
All are welcome.
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.
Second Session of the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2nd to 27th October 2024
From 2nd October, a special candle will be lit during each Mass until the close of the Synod
We stand before You, Holy Spirit,
as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us,
make Yourself at home in our hearts.
Teach us the way we must go
and how we are to pursue it.
Let us find in You our unity
so that we may journey
together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth
and what is right.
All this we ask of You,
who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son,
forever and ever. Amen.