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The series of catecheses offered at recent Masses by Fr Fergus Ryan on how we celebrate Mass in the Roman tradition and on the Nicene Creed are now available on the Barryroe Parish website

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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

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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.

Summer Masses 2025Summer Masses 2025

 

From Saturday 7 June 2025 the weekend Mass times will be as follows:

Saturday Vigil Mass

  • 7:00pm - Clonakilty
  • 7:00pm - Rosscarbery

Sunday Mass

  • 8:30am - Clonakilty
  • 9:00am - Courtmacsherry (July and August only)
  • 10:00am - Ardfield
  • 10:00am - Barryroe
  • 11:00am - Clonakilty
  • 11:00am - Rossmore
  • 11:30am - Rosscarbery
  • 11:30am - Timoleague

Fr. Ted Collins, Fr. Tom Hayes, Canon John Kingston, Canon Martin O'Driscoll, Fr. Fergus Ryan, Fr. Fergus Tuohy

You can check Mass Times using this link

Mass Calendar

Bishop Fintan Gavin welcomes the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost OSA as our new pope.

Cardinal Prevost has taken the name Pope Leo XIV and his election comes on day two of the Conclave in Rome where 133 cardinal electors were gathered in the Sistine Chapel.

Bishop Fintan Gavin also extends his congratulations to the community of Augustinian Friars in Cork as the new pope belongs to the worldwide Augustinian family which is one of the oldest religious orders of the Catholic Church.

“It’s very encouraging to hear the key points made by the Holy Father in his first remarks. He emphasised the need for unity and peace in the world and in the Church.” 

“Pope Leo also has a connection with Cork and Ross Diocese because until last year he was a bishop in Peru. Many of the priests and religious sisters in our diocese have also spent time as missionaries in Peru.”

The choice of name which the new pope has taken also tells us something of his emphasis in faith, Bishop Fintan said. 

“Pope Leo XIII, the last pope to take the name Leo, issued an important document in 1891 on the social teaching of the Church. And this new pope is someone who has ministered among the poor in Peru.”

I invite the people of our diocese to pray for Pope Leo as he becomes our chief shepherd and guides us closer to the Risen Lord.”

Cardinal Provost announced as Pope Leo XIVCardinal Provost announced as Pope Leo XIV

A Solemn Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis

This will take place at

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clonakilty

Friday 25 April 2025

at 7:00pm

Everybody welcome

Mass for Pope Francis - ClonakiltyMass for Pope Francis - Clonakilty

The parish financial accounts for 2024, prepared independently by a chartered accountant, were approved by the parish finance committee at their meeting on 20th March, and will be sent presently to the diocesan offices.

The committee:

  • noted that the major expense of the work on Barryroe church (€109,000) does not appear in the accounts as the bill was paid in January of this year, and there is upcoming work on Courtmacsherry church and grounds which will also be paid within the current year, both significantly reducing the bank balance of the parish as they appear in the 2024 accounts;
  • the diocesan contributions (10% and 8% of the offertory collections) concerned only the second part of the 2023 payment, and none of the 2024 payment (made in recent weeks);
  • recalled having given Barryroe National School a gift of €50,000 and a loan for the same amount, both for the new car park;
  • was grateful for the bequest from a deceased parishioner for €10,000 received late in 2024;
  • was cognizant that the bequest from the late Ms Terry Dwyer (died 3 November 2023) has yet to be received by the parish.

Barryroe Parish Financial Accounts 2024Barryroe Parish Financial Accounts 2024

Finally, the committee noted the importance of the Income Tax Rebate scheme to the parish finances, and how close the sum of our ordinary expenses is to the ordinary income of the parish.

Here is a summary of accounts:

Barryroe Parish Summary Accounts 2024

 

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