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Diocese of Cork & Ross / Enniskeane / Good news

Getting ready for Mass with a congregation again

We’ve almost forgotten what it is like to be in the same space as others and be able to relax and pray. From Monday June 29th, churches are permitted to …

Cork City / Diocese of Cork & Ross / Good news / Musings with images

Religious haven’t gone away!

People who devoted their lives wholly to service of God and the church have taken something of a hammering in Irish society in recent decades. This in of the reasons …

Family / Good news

Nephew and godson Gearóid’s graduation from post-primary school

The Grads/Debs Ball for pupils of Clonakilty Community College was on yesterday and of the Graduating former pupils is my nephew and Godson, Gearóid O’Donovan, youngest son of my sister …

Ballineen / Church / Enniskeane / Good news / Musings with images

Light peaks through the Church at times

As Autumn gathers its cloak around us, the diminished light has an effect on our spirits. And, as if nature really wands to rub it in, when we learn that …

Church / Good news / History

New papal nuncio from Nigeria has Irish faith line

On the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13th last, Pope Francis was at Fatima to mark the centenary of the apparitions. On the same day, his press office …

Church / Good news / Musings! / Parish

Life is an ocean, and the church is a boat

I’ve been doing a lot of twisting and turning in my mind of late, trying to describe accurately what it’s like being a priest in the Irish Catholic Church these …

Diocese of Cork & Ross / Enniskeane / Good news / Just an update / Parish / Technology

New blog-site for Enniskeane Parish also takes online parish donations

The thing about blogs is that they are relatively easy to get up and going but not as easy to sustain! But … I have recently spent a bit of …

Church / Good news / Musings!

Ash Wednesday and Lent are upon us

Thanks be to God for the lengthening days and the nicer weather we have enjoyed this past week! Spring is truly in the air. And with the blooms of daffodils …

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