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18 October 2024

11 October 2024

First Holy Communion Date
Sat 10 May 2025 - 10:30am
Barryroe Church

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.

Courtmacsherry Grotto celebrates 70 years since its opening

One of two grottoes in Barryroe parish, it was dedicated on on 8th September 1954 with a rosary on the feast of Our Lady's nativity organised by Ms Edel Jones.

After a big effort to clean up the grotto by parishioners earlier in the year, led by Ms Teresa Egger, the rosary was prayed in front of Our Lady's image with the decades elaborated by verses of Marian hymns led by Courtmacsherry church choir.

A group of more than seventy attended the public prayer which was followed by a very interesting talk by Ms Margaret O'Dwyer on how the grotto came to be built and opened.

A number of those who had been present in 1954 also attended the recent celebration, including some of the altar boys and a member of the choir.

Some of the attendees who celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Grotto at Courtmacsherry

16 September 2024

resumes on

Monday 23 September 2024

2:30pm to 4:30pm

Butlerstown Hall

New members are most welcome

If you are aged 55 years or over and would like some social interaction with others in the area, why not come along. We usually meet once a fortnight.

Transport can be arranged to and from the meetings for anyone who may need it.

For further information please contact:

Kathleen Holland 086 386 4397

Marian O'Brien 086 345 8764