Family of Parishes Newsletter

8 June 2025

Pentecost Sunday

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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

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 28 June 2025

2:00pm to 4:00pm

at the Poor Clare Monastery, College Road, Cork

Contact the Poor Clares for more information

Pastoral Message for the communities of the Family of Parishes

Read at all Masses on the weekend on May 10/11th 2025

Read the full notice

The priests have worked together to create a fair and sustainable timetable for the months of June, July and August.

After careful reflection and discussion in recent weeks, we the six priests ministering in this family of parishes have developed a new summer timetable. It’s different from last years.