Each Good Friday the congregations of Glanmire join in an ecumenical walk of the cross. This walk journeys between St Joseph’s and St Mary & All Saints, starting at each church on alternate years. The end church serves refreshments each year. This year the walk started at St Joseph’s and made its way along to […]
Click here for dates for Confirmations for schools in Glanmire Parish for 2018. New Inn NS has confirmation every 2nd year and there isn’t a confirmation from New Inn this year. Share post Follow us
The annual Remembrance Mass will take place at Rathcooney Cemetery on Tuesday 2nd July at 7:30pm. Holy Water will be available at the graveyard at this mass to bless your family grave. Please join us at this very special event which remembers and celebrates the lives of those we have loved and who have gone […]
Tuesday 13-March Encountering Jesus in our distress This was a very enlightening evening as we thought about how we turn to Jesus at our low times and the comfort He can offer by lifting us up in these times. Sean opened the talk with the World Meeting of Families prayer and continued by recapping on previous week and showing […]
On Good Friday we are holding a “Walk of the Cross” from St Joseph’s Church in Springhill walking to St Mary and All Saints on Church Hill starting at 5.00pm. Join us for some or all of the walk. Share post Follow us
Encountering Jesus this Lent through the Icon for World Meeting of Families 2018. Join us for three informal, relaxed and reflective sessions where we explore the themes of the Icon and enrich our experience of Lent as a family. These talks will happen in the new Parish Centre and start at 7:30 pm each evening. […]
Glanmire parish is recruiting for new Ministers of the Word. The Minister of the Word reads the first and second readings and also reads the Prayers of the Faithful. If you are interested in getting involved please fill in the form below which will e-mail your details to the parish assembly. Alternatively, contact the parish office at office@glanmireparish.ie […]
At Christmas time the congregations of St Mary and All Saints, St Joseph’s and St Michael’s get together for an ecumenical carol service. The location of this service rotates between St Mary and All Saints and St Joseph’s. This year the service will be held at St Mary and All Saints at 7:30pm on Sunday 17th […]
Glanmire parish is recruiting for new ministers of the Eucharist. The ministers of the Eucharist assist the priest in administering Holy Communion. If you are interested in getting involved please fill in the form below which will e-mail your details to the parish assembly. Alternatively, contact the parish office at office@glanmireparish.ie or 021-4820654. There will be […]
There is a Sacred Space in St Joseph’s and St Michael’s for World Meeting of Families 2018. This space contains an image of the Holy Family, some prayer leaflets and a box for intentions for your own family. This space will remain in the churches until August 2018, although it’s location within the church may move […]
We had our annual public meeting to review Child and Vulnerable Adult safety in Glanmire Parish Centre last night at 8pm.
Our four Safety Representatives were present and we were informed that we scored fully in our annual Audit for Adherence to best practice, policies and procedures in this regard.
We have now committed that all volunteers and staff dealing with children and vulnerable adults will re-apply for Garda Vetting every five years - 2020, 2025, 2030 etc.
All leadership and staff posts will be filled according to best practice guidelines which is inline with normal hiring vetting practices.
We all have a role in keeping our parish a safe place for everyone.
The Hound of Heaven
“The Hound of Heaven,” written by Francis Thompson, is one of the best- known religious poems in the English language. It describes the pursuit of the human soul by God. The poem tells the story of a human soul who tries to flee from God as it thinks that it will lose its freedom in the company of God. It is the story of Thompson’s own life. As a boy, he intended to become a priest. Thompson’s father enrolled Francis in a medical school and there he became addicted to opium that almost wrecked his body and mind. He fled to a slum and started earning a living by shining shoes, selling matches, and holding horses. In 1887 Francis sent some poems and an essay to Wilfrid Meynell who recognized the genius behind these works and published them in April 1888. Then Meynell went in search of the poet. He arranged accommodation for Francis and introduced him to other poets. How Francis tried to run away from God, how God “hunted” him, how Divine love caught up with him – these are the themes of his stirring poem “The Hound of Heaven.”
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross will be celebrated in St Joseph’s Church each Wednesday of Lent at 7.30pm, beginning on Ash Wednesday, 26th February - ashes will be distributed that evening. A group of Parishioners will lead the Stations which should take about forty minutes. It is hoped to “walk the Stations” outdoors on some Wednesdays, weather permitting.
Next meeting of Adoration Group, Tuesday 25th February Pastoral Room at 7.30 pm.
Death: Sincere sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Peggy Horgan, Marble Park who died on Monday last.
At the 12 Noon Mass Sunday 1st March some of the readings and prayers will be in Irish. Children from the First Holy Communion class in Gael Scoil Uí Drisceoil will attend.
Young Adults 18-15 are invited to join the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes as helpers to the sick and disabled. The pilgrimage will be led by Bishop Fintan Gavin and will travel from Cork from 12th to 17th June 2020. As a young adult helper you will be assisting with the sick in the hospital in the wards, kitchen or dining room, pushing wheelchairs to and from liturgies and Mass, participating yourself in all the Masses and ceremonies of the pilgrimage, accompanying the sick and disabled in social time. If you are interested please contact Fr Charlie Kiely on 021 4537474 for more details and booking form.
Glanmire & Glounthaune Annual Pilgrimage to Knock.
Easter Monday, 13th April to 15th April. Staying in Knock House Hotel 2 B&B and 2 evening meals €195 per person sharing. €50 deposit please. Contact Michael 087 4109384 or Joe 087 3290153.
On Monday 2nd March, the Annual Novena in honour of Matt Talbot, will begin in The Way of the Cross Church, Togher, with Mass and Novena prayers at 7.30 p.m. The celebrant and preacher will be an tAth. Liam Ó hIcí, P.P Ovens/Farran. The novena is organised by Cork Regional Pioneer Council, and we ask for Matt's help and intercession for all the needs of our lives.
Coffee Morning in aid of Focus Ireland, Saturday 29th February, 10am to 2pm, Sarsfield GAA Pavilion, Glanmire. One of our young parishioners and Minster of the Word, James O'Shaughnessy climbing Kilimanjaro. Your support will be very much appreciated.
Concert in aid of Aware at St Mary & All Saints Glanmire Fri 28th Feb at 8 pm. All welcome.
Anam Cara Cork the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding a Parent Evening on 4th March at 7:20pm in The Clayton Hotel, Cork City . This is a free event and open to all bereaved parents.
Glanmire Parish,
Springhill,
Glanmire,
Co. Cork,
Ireland.
T45 TW72
Email office@glanmireparish.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 21 4820654
Further contact details