by the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
in the Cathedral Church of Saint Fin Barre, Cork
Sunday, 20th April 2025
The Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (Photo: Eoin Murphy)
When I’m asked what I do in my spare time – such as it is – reading is there, and lots of books, and prioritised among them, like many clergy it seems, either non-fiction or – crime novels and whodunnits. It is probably well known that I enjoy watching sports – soccer, rugby, hockey and cricket; not golf, I’m ashamed to admit this week. Planes, trains and photography are in there too, as are my love of music and theatre; but perhaps less well-known is my love of ballet. I find ballet very therapeutic; it doesn’t require a lot of energetic or active engagement from the spectator – music and movement coincide. At the end of most days I will unwind with even a few minutes watching some ballet.
Not so long ago Susan and I went to Covent Garden in London – where we are friends of the Royal Opera House – to see the Royal Ballet. We had chosen specifically to witness the tantalising Argentine Principal Dancer Marianela Nuñez and her partner Principal Dancer, Russian, Vadim Muntagirov. It has been an ambition to see them on stage live and we stood for ages at the stage door afterwards in the freezing cold just to see one of them in person. I had read Muntagirov’s autobiography – Small steps to big leaps – and, on Instagram, he had kindly offered to sign it.
He’s a perfectionist and it shows. His is an amazing story of winning awards, and also poignant. At the age of 16, having won the Prix de Lausanne he arrived in London with no English. He rose up through the ranks of the English National Ballet and then the Royal Ballet. Why poignant? Well I found it poignant that, because of the geopolitical situation, it wasn’t until July 2023, that he ever managed to dance live in front of his father and mother and his sister.
Why do I tell you all this? Well it was his birthday on Wednesday and I happened to see him – again on Instagram – being interviewed and he said something simple yet profound that struck a chord in the midst of Holy Week. He said this – ‘I try to live the story when I am on the stage’. ‘I try to live the story when I am on the stage’. His is an immersive approach. It is more than the technical steps. It goes beyond technique to expressing the story through movement and acting – the anger and heartbreak, for example, in his recent portrayal of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.
As I say this struck a chord, because it seems to me that year by year, as Christians, in the cycle of things Holy Week becomes a stage in which we are all invited and drawn in to live again and again the entire story of the last days in the life of Jesus, our Saviour. Ballet dancers often say how painful and stressful the dance can be on their bodies – and there are frequent injuries – they are among the world’s fittest athletes, these artists. In the same way, Holy Week and Easter make extraordinary demands on those who preside at the liturgies, on musicians and choirs, on readers and on the whole parish setup. We are all grateful to them. However, we too are asked to go out of our way every year to make Holy Week entirely different from the rest of the year – even to the point of inconvenience and extra effort.
But, as Vadim Muntarigov says of his performances, Holy Week is all about the story – reliving it, inhabiting it, immersing ourselves in it to the point of going through the emotions of it. And when we do so, we discover how much and how intensely these last days in Jesus’ life, reflected in the liturgies of each day, embrace and beyond the full scope of our own human predicament and vulnerability.
This is a story that was 33 years in the making – like so many hopes and ambitions in our own lives – the long haul. And last Sunday a donkey, of all things, is borrowed, and Jesus rides into Jerusalem and is greeted as a hero with joy, love and affection … a hero’s welcome to shouts of Hosanna! It all started out so well, but very quickly it fell apart – things unravelled. This can happen to us too.
Almost every emotion we can go through in life is brought to the fore in the experience of Jesus in this Great Week: the joy of dinner in the safety of friends’ home – Mary, Martha and Lazarus; the envy and jealous bitterness of Judas as an onlooker when he saw that very extravagant gift of perfume; the people plotting, conniving and scheming against Jesus; arguments about who was the greatest and who should be in charge; Jesus trying to keep things on track with some good advice and final instructions; Jesus – preoccupied and bewildered, teetering on the brink of a lack of resolve and failure, questioning the meaning and point of it all; and knowing deep down that one of his closest friends was going to turn on him and betray him; a last and very powerful meal together; trying to get away from it all by seeking the peace and solitude on the Mount of Olives; friends promising they wouldn’t let him down but then they do; they fall asleep, it’s all too much for them; lots of prayer, especially in Gethsemane where Jesus wishes it all away and feels tormented. He is betrayed, arrested, toyed with, tortured, and friends pretend not to know him. There are false accusations and despair, and the feeling that God has abandoned him. There’s not just one but several trials and people washing their hands of responsibility. He is mocked and paraded in front of the same crowd. ‘ You’re only as good as your last act’, they say. He is eventually executed and around that cross, there is love, devotion, terror, trust, indifference, exploitation, self-sacrifice, sneering, ridicule and derision – and above all else, immense pain and suffering. He is buried in a hurry as an expediency. Isn’t this almost the totality of our own human experience too?
I am challenged to think of a human emotion that is not in that story and journey. On Friday there was darkness and desolation – a world that had fallen apart for those who had invested so much in that man, Jesus. It appeared to be a day of complete and forlorn failure. Yesterday was a day of empty waiting and not knowing. Waiting – hanging around – not knowing – like so much of life that we find hard to cope with.
And that brings us to today – early morning – the women trying to do the decent thing as soon as possible – faced with the totally unexpected. Not knowing how to handle it. They are perplexed, we are told, and terrified by whatever experience they had.. Not long afterwards, Peter came too, and he was amazed. But his response was very strange – he just headed home. Very odd. So it is alright to come to Church on Easter Day ‘perplexed’. That is part of faith too – or amazed. This is how it was explained to them by the messengers:
‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ (Luke 24.5b-7)
What we have here too in these short affirmations about the Easter faith seems very close to what Peter preached – we heard it in Acts – our first reading today – the earliest preaching of the Church:
‘You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear,…’
That’s the kernel of our faith that gives us joy and hope today. Holy Week and Easter invite us to live the story and, to see in this story, not only the story of Jesus and those who were there, but our own story and emotions on our life journey too. And we are invited to come today at this healing high point of the story and to discover here the solidarity, love, joy and grace of God’s love for us.
That is what empowers and enables us to proclaim ‘Christ is risen!’
On Good Friday 18th April at 8pm, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Choir will perform a more unusual offering this year. Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima, often translated as ‘The most holy limbs of our suffering Jesus’ is a cycle of seven cantatas composed by Dieterich Buxtehude in 1680. Each cantata is dedicated to a different part of Christ’s body, reflecting a deep reverence for the suffering of Jesus during His Passion. Seven readings, including poetry written and read by Cónal Creedon, will be paired with each cantata, inviting contemplation and spiritual reflection.
The choir will be accompanied by string orchestra and organ, and the liturgical performance will last around one hour.
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Now that the Reverend Jean Carney has completed her initial curacy, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, has announced that he is delighted to appoint Jean as Priest-in-Charge of Moviddy Union of Parishes in the Diocese. This is a half-time post which is twinned with the assistant chaplaincy at Cork University Hospital and the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.
The Reverend Jean Carney
Expressing her delight at her appointment, Jean said:
Having served this past year as Bishop’s Curate, I am delighted that the Bishop will now give me the opportunity and privilege of serving the parish as their Priest-in-Charge. It is an honour to continue ministering in such a warm and caring community, and I look forward to many more joyful years together in faith and fellowship.
Holy Week begins on Sunday, 13th April 2025, which is Palm Sunday. Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of the Triduum (three days) which recall the passion or suffering of Jesus, his death, burial and, finally his resurrection. Those three days are Maundy or Holy Thursday (17th April this year), Good Friday (18th April), and Easter Eve (19th April). In 2025 Easter Day is on Sunday 20th April.
Listed below, alphabetically by parish, are the services which will take place during Holy Week and Easter in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
Abbeystrewry (Skibbereen)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
8.30 Eucharist in Abbeystrewry Church
10.00 The Liturgy of Palm Sunday in St. Matthew’s, Baltimore
11.30 The Liturgy of Palm Sunday in Abbeystrewry Church, Skibbereen
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
10.00 Morning Prayer in Abbeystrewry Church
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
10.00 Morning Prayer in Abbeystrewry Church
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
10.30 Eucharist – Abbeystrewry Church
15.30 Christian Meditation in Abbeystrewry Hall
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
10.00 Morning Prayer – Abbeystrewry Church
20.00 Eucharist in St. Mary’s Caheragh
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
10.00 Morning Prayer – Abbeystrewry Church
12.00 Proclamation of the Cross – Abbeystrewry Church
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
20.30 Easter Vigil (First Eucharist of Easter) in St. Matthew’s, Baltimore
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
9.00 Eucharist – St. Barrahane’s, Castletownshend
10.15 Eucharist – St. Mary’s, Caheragh
11.30 Eucharist – Abbeystrewry Church (with Easter Egg hunt)
Ballydehob
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Saint Matthew’s Church, Aughadown
11.30 am Saint Matthias’, Ballydehob
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
11.30am Midweek Recharge Saint Matthias’, Ballydehob
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Communion Saint Matthew’s Church, Aughadown
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
2.00 – 3.00pm, An Hour before the cross: Saint Matthias’, Ballydehob
3.00 – 4.00pm Journey to the Cross, a prayerful ecumenical walk from Saint Matthias’ Church to Saint Brigid’s Church, Ballydehob
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.00am Saint Matthew’s Church, Aughadown
11.30am Saint Matthias’, Ballydehob
Bandon
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9.30am Ballinadee
10.00am Rathclaren
11.00am Innishannon
11.30am Children’s Palm Sunday Service, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
11.00am Eucharist, St Peter’s Church Bandon
8.00pm Service of Reconciliation for Holy Week, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
10.00am Eucharist, Rathclaren
8.00pm Eucharist, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
12noon Prayers around the Cross, Christ Church, Innishannon
12noon Stations of the Cross, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
8.00pm Prayer Service, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
8.00pm Easter Vigil, St Peter’s Church, Bandon
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
9.30am Eucharist, Ballinadee
10.00am Eucharist, Rathclaren
11.00am Eucharist, Innishannon
11.30am Eucharist, Bandon
Carrigaline
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9:30am Morning Prayer in St John’s Church Monkstown. Palm & Passion Liturgies
11.00am Morning Prayer in St Mary’s Church Carrigaline including Palm Procession with Billy the Donkey, with Palm Liturgy in the Rectory Grounds before returning to the church for the Passion Liturgy.
7:30pm Rector will preach at the Songs of Praise Service in St Factna’s Cathedral, Roscarberry. All Welcome.
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Communion in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Communion in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Communion in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
7:30pm Maundy Thursday Eucharist in St Mary’s Church Carrigaline, including washing of feet
9.00pm until Dawn ‘Night/Gethsemane Watch’, in St Mary’s Church Carrigaline, praying for the Environment ahead of Earth Day on 22nd April 2025
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
10.30am Morning Prayer with Litany, St John’s Church Monkstown
12noon Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in St Mary’s Graveyard Carrigaline with our sister church of Our Lady & St John
7.30pm Service of Tenebrae, St Mary’s Church Carrigaline
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
9.00pm Easter Vigil Service, Paschal candle lit from outside byre, St Mary’s Church Carrigaline
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
9.30am Easter Eucharist , St John’s Church Monkstown
11.00am Easter Eucharist , St Mary’s Church Carrigaline
Carrigrohane and Ballincollig
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Morning Prayer, St. Peter’s, Carrigrohane
11.00am Sunday AM, Carraig Centre, Ballincollig (& online)
11.30am A Service of the Word, St. Senan’s, Inniscarra
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
7.30pm Reflecting Amongst the Stories, Evening Service, Blarney
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
7.30pm Lectio Divina Service, Blarney
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
7.30 pm Lectio Service, Blarney
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Communion Service, St. Senan’s, Inniscarra
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
10.00am – 11.30am Family Activities in The Carraig Centre, Ballincollig
12noon Stations of the Cross at Christ our Light Church, Ballincollig
2.30pm – 4.00pm Family Activities in The Church of the Resurrection, Blarney
8.00pm Tenebrae Service, The Carraig Centre
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
9.00pm Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s, Carrigrohane
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
8.30am Breakfast, The Carraig Centre
9.00am Holy Communion, The Carraig Centre
10.00am Holy Communion, St. Peter’s, Carrigrohane
11.30am Holy Communion, The Church of the Resurrection, Blarney
11.30 am Holy Communion, St. Senan’s, Inniscarra
Cloyne (Midleton)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9.15am Holy Communion, Corkbeg
10.30am Liturgy of the Palms, Midleton
12noon Holy Communion, Cloyne
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar, East Ferry
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
8.00pm Tenebrae with the Clerks Choral, St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
7.00pm Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter, Corkbeg
Cobh and Glanmire
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Holy Eucharist, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
11.30am Holy Eucharist, St Lappan’s Church, Little Island
7.30pm Compline, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Eucharist, St Lappan’s Church, Little Island
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Eucharist, St Lappan’s Church, Little Island
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
10.30am Holy Eucharist, St Lappan’s Church, Little Island
8.00pm Service of Tenebrae sung by the Clerks Choral, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Eucharist with stripping of the altar, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
12noon Ecumenical Stations of the Cross for all Ages, St Joseph’s Church, Glanmire
8.00pm Litany and Ante Communion, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
10.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church, Rushbrooke followed by preparations at both churches for Easter
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.00am Holy Eucharist, Christ Church, Rushbrooke
11.30am Holy Eucharist, St Lappan’s Church, Little Island, followed by an Easter egg hunt.
St Anne’s, Shandon
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.15am Holy Communion
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Holy Communion with Stripping of the Altar
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
2.00pm Service of Prayers
2.45pm Stations of the Cross with Sonnets by the Rev. Malcolm Guite
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.15am Holy Communion
St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
11.15am Blessing of Palms, Solemn Procession and Choral Eucharist
3.30pm Choral Evensong
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
12noon The Eucharist & Reflection
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
12noonThe Eucharist & Reflection
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
12noon The Eucharist & Reflection
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
12noon Midday Prayers
8.00pm Choral Eucharist, Address, Stripping of the Altars & the Watch
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
12noon Sung Passion Gospel, Solemn Proclamation of the Cross & Address
8.00pm Liturgical Performance ‘Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima’ by Dieterich Buxtehude. Admission free – donations welcome.
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
8.00pm The Vigil and the First Eucharist of Easter
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
11.15am Festal Choral Eucharist. Celebrant and Preacher: The Bishop
3.30pm Festal Choral Evensong
Douglas Union with Frankfield
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
8.30am Holy Communion, Blackrock
9.45am Morning Prayer, Passage West
10.00am Holy Communion, Frankfield
11.15am Morning Prayer, Douglas
11.30am Holy Communion, Blackrock
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
11.00am Holy Communion, Douglas
7.30pm Compline, Passage West
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Holy Communion, Douglas
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
2.00pm The Liturgy of Good Friday, Frankfield followed by light refreshments
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
8.30am Holy Communion, Blackrock
9.45am Morning Prayer, Passage West
10.00am Holy Communion, Frankfield
11.15am Morning Prayer, Douglas
11.30am Holy Communion, Blackrock
Fanlobbus (Dunmanway)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.30am Walk of Witness, with all the Churches of Drimoleague, meeting in Old Station Carpark Drimoleague, walking to All Saints RC Church.
12.15pm Service of Morning Prayer with Holy Baptism, St Edmund’s Church, Coolkelure
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
12noon Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
8.00pm Service of The Cross, Christ Church, Drinagh
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
9.00pm Easter Vigil Service, St Edmund’s Church, Coolkelure
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
9.45am Holy Communion, Christ Church, Drinagh
11.00am Holy Communion, St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway
12.15pm Holy Communion, St Matthew’s Church, Drimoleague
Fermoy
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9.45am Christ Church, Fermoy
9.45am Christ Church, Ballyhooly
11.15am St. Luke’s, Knockmourne
11.15am St. Mary’s, Glenville
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
7.30pm St. Mary’s, Glenville
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
7.30pm St. Luke’s, Knockmourne
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Christ Church, Ballyhooly
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
7.30pm Christ Church, Fermoy.
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
9.45am Christ Church, Fermoy
9.45am Christ Church, Ballyhooly
11.15am St. Luke’s, Knockmourne
11.15am St. Mary’s, Glenville
Kilgarriffe (Clonakilty)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9.00am Morning Prayer, Timoleague
10.00am Morning Prayer, Kilmalooda
11.15am Donkey Procession from Asia Square to Kilgarriffe Church
11.30am Special Palm Sunday Service, Kilgarriffe Church
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Church of the Ascension, Timoleague
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
8.30pm An Act of Remembrance around the Cross of Jesus, Kilgarriffe Church
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
5.45pm Walk from Church of the Ascension Timoleague to Kilmaloosa
8.30pm Easter Vigil, All Saints’ Church, Kilmalooda
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.00am Holy Communion, Timoleague
11.30am Holy Communion, Kilgarriffe
Kilmocomogue (Bantry)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Holy Communion, Bantry (St. Brendan)
11.45am United Service, Bantry (St. Brendan)
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
10.00am Holy Communion, Bantry (St. Brendan) followed by Lenten study group
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Communion, Bantry (St. Brendan) Liturgy of the Last Supper followed by Tenebrae.
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
12noon Good Friday Liturgy, Durrus (St. James)
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
8.00pm First Eucharist of Easter, Bantry (St. Brendan)
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.00am Holy Communion, Bantry (St. Brendan)
11.45am Holy Communion, Durrus (St. James)
Kilmoe (Schull)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Liturgy of the Palms, Holy Trinity, Schull
11.30am Liturgy of the Palms, The Altar Church, Toormore
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
10.00am Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Holy Trinity, Schull
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
7.00am Holy Communion (Sunrise Service), St Brendan’s, Crookhaven
10.00am Holy Communion, Holy Trinity, Schull
11.30am Holy Communion, The Altar Church, Tooremore
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
8.30am Holy Communion, Kinsale
10.00am Morning Prayer, Templetrine
11.30am Shine Multi-generational Service, Kinsale
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
8.00pm Service of Wholeness and Healing, Ballymartle
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Communion, Templetrine
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
10.00am Walk of Witness beginning at the Carmelite Friary and processing through Kinsale to the Methodist Church, St Multose, and St John’s Church. A short service will be held at each church.
3.00pm An hour by the cross, Kinsale
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
8.30am Holy Communion, Kinsale
10.00am Holy Communion, Ballymartle
11.30am Holy Communion, Kinsale
Mallow
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
10.00am Morning Prayer with distribution of Palms, St Mary’s, Doneraile
10.00am The Eucharist with blessing of Palms in St Mary’s, Castletownroche
11.45am The Eucharist beginning with the Procession of Palms from the churchyard, followed by the dramatic reading of the Passion, St James’s, Mallow
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
8.00pm Night Prayer with hymns, seasonal organ music and devotional address, Mallow
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
8.00pm Night Prayer with hymns, seasonal organ music and devotional address, Doneraile
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
11.00am The Eucharist with hymns, seasonal organ music and devotional address, Mallow
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm The Eucharist of the Last Supper with washing of feet and stripping of the altar, Castletownroche
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
1.30pm – 4.00pm Holy Week Club with activities for our younger worshippers to reflect on the events of Good Friday and Easter, Parish Hall behind St James’s Church, Mallow
8.00pm Worship for Good Friday with dramatic reading of the Passion according to St John, Mallow
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
8.00pm The Easter Liturgy with lighting of the new fire, vigil of readings, renewal of baptismal promises and the first Eucharist of Easter, Castletownroche
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
10.00am Festal Eucharist, Doneraile
11.45am Festal Eucharist, Mallow
Moviddy (Kilbonane, Templemartin and Kilmurry)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
9.45am Holy Communion, St. Andrew’s Church, Kilmurry
11.30am Holy Communion, St. Mark’s Church, Kilbonane
Monday 14th April ~ Monday in Holy Week
8.00pm Compline, St. Martin’s Church, Templemartin with chanter Ted Ardis
Tuesday 15th April ~ Tuesday in Holy Week
8.00pm Compline, St. Andrew’s Church, Kilmurry
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
8.00pm Compline, St. Mark’s Church, Kilbonane
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
8.00pm Holy Communion/Stripping of the Altar, St. Martin’s Church, Templemartin
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
8.00pm The Way of the Cross, St. Andrew’s Church, Kilmurry
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
8.00pm Holy Communion, St. Mark’s Church, Kilbonane
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
09.45am Holy Communion, St. Martin’s Church, Templemartin
11.30am Holy Communion, St. Andrew’s Church, Kilmurry
Rosscarbery
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
8.00am Holy Communion, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
10.00am Service of the Word, Leap Church
11.30am All Age Worship, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
Wednesday 16th April ~ Wednesday in Holy Week
8.00pm Holy Week Service with the Most Rev. Richard Clarke, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
Thursday 17th April ~ Maundy Thursday
12noon Chrism Eucharist with Bishop Paul Colton, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
8.00pm Holy Community Service with the Most Rev. Richard Clarke, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
Friday 18th April ~ Good Friday
12noon Good Friday Reflections, Castleventry Church
3.30pm Messy Church, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral Hall
5.30pm Ecumenical walk, Myross Church (Union Hall) to St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church
8.00pm Good Friday reflections with The Most Rev. Richard Clarke, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
Saturday 19th April ~ Easter Eve
6.00pm CDYC Holy Communion Service on the Warren Beach (Cathedral if weather not suitable).
9.00pm Easter Vigil Service (Candlelit), Leap Church
Sunday 20th April ~ Easter Day
8.00am Holy Communion, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
9.00am Holy Communion, Myross Church
10.15am Holy Communion, Castleventry Church
11.30am Holy Communion, St. Fachtna’s Cathedral
Templebreedy (Crosshaven)
Sunday 13th April ~ The Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
8.30am Eucharist, Crosshaven
10.00am Blessing of Palms, Reading of the Passion & Eucharist, Nohoval
11.30am Blessing of Palms, Reading of the Passion & Eucharist, Crosshaven
A workshop on the Liloma Project was held at St Nicholas House on 5th April 2025. The Rev’d Andrew Coleman spoke on the work of Christian Aid, the Rev’d Tony Murphy explained the background to the Liloma Project in great detail, and the Rev’d Clodagh Yamabasu who spoke about her personal experience as someone who has lived in Sierra Leone as well as Freetown.
The group was joined in the workshop by two representatives from the Christian Aid Office in Freetown, Mr Allieu Bangura and Mr Marbey Sartie. They explained the work they are involved in with livelihood enhancement training, for those who have been forcibly displaced from the land as a result of the multi-national palm oil plantation. Allieu also spoke of the micro-lending schemes that are in place to help women access small loans to establish businesses for their future livelihood. The guest speakers shared personal stories of the tremendous resilience that has been shown by those who have been affected by displacement from their land.
The Diocesan Council for Mission emphasises the continued involvement and support for the Liloma Project and the workshop was attended by students completing the Certificate Course as well as people from the wider Diocese.
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