Holy Week and Easter 2022 in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Posted on April 13, 2022 by mediaccr

Holy Week, began on Sunday, 10th April, which was Palm Sunday. Clergy from across the diocese have recorded short video messages for each day of Holy Week for you to watch on our social media. You can find them on Facebook and Instagram.

Listed below, by parish, are the services which will take place in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross this on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Abbeystrewry (Skibbereen)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

10.00am Morning Prayer, Abbeystrewry Church

08.00pm Eucharist, St Mary’s Caheragh

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

10.00am Morning Prayer, Abbeystrewry Church

12 noon Proclamation of the Cross, Abbeystrewry Church

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

08.30pm Easter Vigil, St Barrahane’s Casteltownsend

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

9.00am Eucharist, St Matthew’s Baltimore

10.15am Eucharist, St Mary’s Caheragh

11.30am Eucharist, Abbeystrewry Church (followed by Easter Egg Hunt!)

Ballydehob 

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar, St Matthew’s Church, Aughadown

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12.00noon Three Hours before the Cross, St Matthias’ Church, Ballydehob

08.30pm An Hour before the Cross, St Matthew’s Church, Aughadown

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, St Matthew’s Church, Aughadown

11.30am Eucharist, St Matthias’ Church, Ballydehob

Bandon

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday 

10.00am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Rathclaren 

8.00pm Eucharist, St Peter’s Church, Bandon

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12noon Prayers around the Cross, St Peter’s Church, Bandon

12noon Prayers around the Cross, Christ Church, Innishannon

08.00pm Liturgy of Good Friday, St Peter’s Church, Bandon

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

9.00am Eucharist, Ballinadee

10.00am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Rathclaren

10.30am Eucharist, Brinny

11.30 am Eucharist, St Peter’s Church, Bandon

11.45am Eucharist, Christ Church, Innishannon

Carrigaline

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

07.30pm Maundy Thursday Eucharist incl. washing of the feet, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

08:30pm Keeping ‘Watch’ with Jesus until dawn, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

10.30am Morning Prayer with Litany, St John’s Church, Monkstown

12noon Ecumenical Stations of the Cross, St Mary’s Church Graveyard, Carrigaline together with Church of Our Lady and St John

07.30pm Evening Prayer with Litany and Passion Drama, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

09.00pm Easter Vigil, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

06.15am Dawn Service, St John’s Church, Monkstown 

09.30am Easter Eucharist, St John’s Church, Monkstown 

11.00am Easter Eucharist, St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

Carrigrohane and Ballincollig

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

07.30pm Eucharist and Washing of Feet, Theme: The Rock of Peter, The Carraig Centre

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

10.30am Family Time, The Carraig Centre

07.30pm Tenebrae, Theme: Ruined Stones, The Carraig Centre

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

06.30am Dawn Service, Church of the Resurrection, Blarney

09.30am Eucharist, St Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane

11.00am Eucharist, The Carraig Centre

11.00am Eucharist, St Senan’s Church, Inniscarra

07.30pm Creative Evening Service, Theme: The Emmaus Road, St Senan’s Church, Inniscarra

Cloyne and Midleton

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

07.30 pm Holy Communion, St Michael and All Angels, Corkbeg

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm Tenebrae, St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

08.30pm Easter Vigil and Eucharist, St John the Baptist, Midleton

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

08.00am Eucharist, East Ferry

09.15am Eucharist, St Michael and All Angels, Corkbeg

10.30am Eucharist, St John the Baptist, Midleton 

12.00noon Eucharist, St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne 

Cobh and Glanmire

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar, Christ Church, Rushbrooke

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

03.00pm Litany and Ante Communion, Christ Church, Rushbrooke

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

10.00am Matins, Christ Church, Rushbrooke

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, Christ Church, Rushbrooke

11.30am Eucharist, St Mary & All Saints’, Glanmire

St Anne’s, Shandon

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

12 noon Eucharist and Reflection

08.00pm Choral Eucharist, Address, Stripping of the Altars and The Watch

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12 noon Sung Gospel, Solemn Proclamation of the Cross and Address

08.00pm Prayers and Musical Reflection at the Cross

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

12 noon Eucharist of the Pre-Sanctified 

08.00pm The Vigil and the First Eucharist of Easter

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

11.15am Festival Choral Eucharist Celebrant and Preacher: The Bishop

03.30pm Festival Choral Evensong

Chapel of Christ the Healer, Cork University Hospital 

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

09.15am Eucharist

Douglas Union with Frankfield

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

07.30pm Eucharist, St Luke’s Church, Douglas

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12.00noon By the Cross, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock

02.00pm By the Cross, Holy Trinity, Frankfield

07.30pm Evening Service, St Luke’s Church, Douglas

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

08.30am Eucharist, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock

09.45am Eucharist, St Mary’s Church, Marmullane, Passage West

10.00am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Frankfield

11.15am Eucharist, St Luke’s Church, Douglas

11.30am Eucharist, St Michael’s Church, Blackrock

Fanlobbus (Dunmanway)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday 

08.00pm Eucharist, St Matthew’s Church, Drimoleague

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm Reflections on the Cross, St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway (live streamed)

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

09.00pm Eucharist, St Edmund’s Church, Coolkelure

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

9.30am Eucharist, Christ Church Drinagh

11.00am Eucharist, St Mary’s Church, Dunmanway (live streamed)

12.15pm Eucharist, St Matthew’s Church, Drimoleague

Fermoy 

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday 

08.30 pm Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar, Christ Church, Fermoy  

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12.00noon Walk of the Cross, Corrin Hill (meet in carpark)

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, Christ Church, Ballyhooly

10.00 am Eucharist, Christ Church, Fermoy 

11.15 am Eucharist, St Luke’s Church, Knockmourne

11.15am Eucharist, St Mary’s Church, Glenville

Kilgarriffe (Clonakilty)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday 

08.00pm Church of the Ascension, Timoleague

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm  Around the Cross Passion Narrative and Act of Remembrance

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

10.00am Ecumenical Service, Church of the Immaculate Conception Clonakilty

08.30pm Easter Vigil, All Saints’ Church, Kilmalooda

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, Church of the Ascension, Timoleague 

11:30am Eucharist, Kilgarriffe Church

Kilmocomogue (Bantry)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday 

08.00pm Eucharist, St James Church, Durrus

09.00pm Tenebrae, St James Church, Durrus

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12.00noon Holy Hour, St James Church, Durrus 

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

08.00pm Eucharist, St James Church, Durrus

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry 

11.45am Eucharist, St James Church, Durrus

Kinneigh

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Farrnthomas

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm Kilmeen

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Farranthomas

11.30am Kinneigh

Kinsale

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

07.00pm Eucharist, Ballymartle

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

03.00pm Reflections on the Cross, St Multose, Kinsale

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

8.30am Eucharist, St Multose, Kinsale

10.00am Morning Prayer, Ballymartle

10.00am Eucharist, Templetrine

11.30am Eucharist, St Multose, Kinsale

Mallow

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist, Washing of the Feet, and Stripping of the Altar, 

St Mary’s Church, Casteltownroche

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm Proclaiming the Cross, St Jame’s Church, Mallow

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

08.00pm Easter Vigil, St Mary’s Church, Casteltownroche

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Festival Eucharist, St Mary’s Church, Doneraile

11.45am Festival Eucharist, St Jame’s Church, Mallow

Moviddy (Kilbonane, Templemartin and Kilmurry)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist, St Andrew’s Kilmurry 

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

08.00pm Way of the Cross, St Mark’s Kilbonane 

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

9.45am Eucharist, St Martin’s, Templemartin

11.30am Eucharist, St Andrew’s Kilmurry (live streamed)

Rosscarbery

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

12.00noon Chrism Eucharist, St Fachtna’s Cathedral

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

12.00noon Good Friday Reflections, Castleventy

05.00pm Prayers around the cross, Union Hall

Saturday 16th  April ~ Easter Eve

06.30pm Eucharist, The Warren Beach

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

09.00am Eucharist, Leap

10.00am Eucharist, Union Hall

10.30am Eucharist, Castleventy

11.30am Eucharist, Ross Cathedral

Templebreedy (Crosshaven)

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

8.00pm Holy Communion, Nohoval

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

03.00pm The Way of the Cross, Novohal 

08.00pm Service of the Word, Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven 

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

07.00am Sunrise Eucharist, Fountainstown Beach

10.00am Eucharist, Novohal Church 

11.30am Eucharist, Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven

Youghal

Thursday 14th April ~ Maundy Thursday

08.00pm Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar, St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal 

Friday 15th April ~ Good Friday

03.30pm Walk of Prayer and Meditation, College Grounds, Youghal 

08.00pm Service, St. Anne’s, Castlemartyr 

Sunday 17th April ~ Easter Day

10.00am Eucharist, St. Anne’s, Castlemartyr 

11.30am Eucharist, St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal 

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Handel’s Messiah marks Youghal Church’s 800th anniversary celebrations!

Posted on April 7, 2022 by mediaccr


St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal is launching the celebration of its delayed 800th anniversary by hosting a special performance of the one of the most popular pieces of classical music: George Frideric Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, 24th April at 7.30pm.

Sinead Solleveld, chairperson of the East Cork Choral Society, at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal

This is the start of a season of events to mark the 800th anniversary of the church. St Mary’s Collegiate Church is one of the oldest continuously used churches in Ireland, and famous for its stunning architecture and fascinating history. The events were originally scheduled for 2020 but were postponed because of the Covid19 global pandemic.

The performance is delivered by the East Cork Choral Society and East Cork Orchestra, under the baton of director Colin Nicholls. The professional soloists are also well known to Cork audiences:
Gemma Magner (Soprano), Sarah Luttrell (Alto) Peter O’Reilly (Tenor), and Gheorghe Palcu (Bass).

Tickets are €15 and are available from Cree’s Card shop, North Main St., Youghal Tourism Office and on eventbrite.ie. All proceeds from the concert will go towards the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal and local charities.

For further information, go to stmarysyoughal.com/events.

Norman McDonald (Youghal 800 Committee), Canon Andrew Orr (Rector of Youghal Union), Sinead Solleveld (East Cork Choral Society), Kieran Quinn (Youghal Credit Union) and David
Kelly (Youghal 800 Committee)


The Rev. Canon Andrew Orr, Rector of Youghal Union of Parishes, said:

We are delighted to welcome The East Cork Choral Society & Orchestra to Youghal for this performance of the wonderful and stirring Messiah. This is such a wonderful way to launch our delayed 800th anniversary celebrations this year.

Colin Nicholls, Director of East Cork Choral commented:

It is wonderful for the choir and orchestra to come together in this extraordinary place as part of the 800th anniversary celebrations. We are all thoroughly looking forward to the performance.

Patrick Heaphy, Manager at Youghal Credit Union who are sponsoring the event, said:

It is great to see the St. Mary’s Collegiate Church 800th anniversary celebrations being launched with Handel’s Messiah, a wonderful concert in an amazing venue! We are delighted to delighted to be part of the celebrations.

Throughout the year, a programme of talks and exhibitions are planned, culminating in a weekend of events with Youghal Celebrates History and a closing service in the church where the guest preacher will be the Archbishop and Primate of all Ireland, the Most Rev. John McDowell, on 23rd October 2022.

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Ballymoney National School selected as one of nineteen DCU Changemaker Schools

Posted on April 6, 2022 by mediaccr

Ballymoney National School in Ballineen recently received exciting news when they were selected as a Changemaker School by DCU. The DCU Changemaker Schools, established in September 2020, is a network of 19 innovative primary schools on the island of Ireland who were chosen for their pioneering work in the development of the skills of empathy, creativity, leadership and teamwork. This social innovative initiative has one powerful yet simple ambition – to support students as Changemakers. A Changemaker is someone with the skills and confidence to lead change in their home, school and community.

Left to Right: Dr. John White (Programme Director), Prof. Anne Looney (Dean of DCU), Amanda Sullivan (Deputy Principal of Ballymoney NS), Shireen Rountree (Principal of Ballymoney NS), Daire Keogh (President of DCU)

Ballymoney National School first drew attention because of its’ creative approach to supporting its pupils during the pandemic. The students had daily zoom lessons for up to three hours per day so they were not isolated from their peers and they did not fall behind in their school work.  They had a baking week with daily videos to instruct them and they created a ‘Bottle Top Mural’ out of 12,400 plastic bottle tops. The collaborative artwork was originally intended to help to keep the two classrooms to feel connected to each other but it ended up involving the parents, parishioners and wider community of Ballineen and Enniskeane. Since then many other schools, youth groups and tidy towns groups from around the country have copied them and created similar murals, reusing thousands of plastic bottle tops.

Ballymoney National School in Ballineen, County Cork, is the only Church of Ireland School in the network. It is a small, rural school with 29 pupils. They were independently nominated to join the network, there was an initial interview with the directors of the programme, a school visit followed and members of their Board of Management and parents were interviewed. Being nominated for the network was a very proud moment for the school, it acknowledges the huge contribution that the whole school community has made to the culture of the school with empathy at the core of their daily interactions. Pupils’ voice is very evident in their school and they have an effective system of distributed leadership where everybody is included. Joining the network is a wonderful opportunity for the school to network with other creative and positive schools and to learn from their innovative ideas.

The DCU Changemaker Network is shortlisted in the Best Outreach Education Programme Category at the Education Awards. Visit www.dcuchangemakernetwork.com for more information on the programme.

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Book & Cake Sale at St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline

Posted on April 5, 2022 by mediaccr

On Saturday, 2nd April, a Book & Cake Sale in support of the ‘Together-Razem Centre’ took place in the parish hall beside St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline.

The Rev. Canon Elaine Murray, Rector of Carrigaline Union, commented:

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Book&Cake Sale. It was so lovely to just be together again, quite apart from the much needed money raised for ‘Together-Razem Centre’ who are doing such essential work settling Ukrainian Refugees here in Cork.

Book Sale at St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline, with author Sara Jane Cromwell.

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First Confirmations of 2022 in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Posted on April 5, 2022 by mediaccr

The first three confirmations of 2022 took place on 13th March in St Luke’s Church, Douglas, on 20th March in St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne and on 3rd April in Saint Peter’s, Bandon. For the last 23 years, the Bishop has celebrated Confirmations in parishes in the Easter Seasons, but this year is different, he explains:

We have nearly twice as many young people and adults who want to be confirmed this year as many of the other years in my time here as Bishop. As far as I can tell it’s not a backlog from the postponed Confirmations of the pandemic, although there may be some of those. We simply have a a greater than usual number of people in the Diocese being presented for Confirmation this year, so I want to thank those parishes and families who have been willing to schedule Confirmations, unusually for me, in Lent. We are back on track now and a large number of Confirmation Services are scheduled throughout the Easter Season until the end of June.

It is wonderful to be worshipping with everyone in person once again and being able to sing, while, all the time, keeping in mind that precautions still have to be taken as the pandemic is still in full force.

The Ven. Adrian Wilkinson, Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and Rector of Douglas Union, commented:

We had twenty young people and two adults confirmed in St Luke’s on 13th March. This confirmation group was made up of young teenagers, some older teenagers, as well as the two adults. It was moving to see the candidates all make the same profession of faith despite being at different stages in life.

The confirmands of Douglas Union with Frankfield together with their Bishop, Paul Colton, and their Rector, Adrian Wilkinson.

The Very Rev. Susan Green, Dean of Cloyne and Rector of Cloyne Union, writes:

A large congregation gathered in St Colman’s Cathedral Cloyne for a Confirmation Service on Sunday March 20th. Sixteen young people were confirmed by Bishop Paul Colton. The group had been prepared by myself and Canon Andrew Orr, and included young people from Cloyne and Youghal Unions of Parishes. The service was followed by refreshments, kindly provided by Midleton College and during which donations were made to the Red Cross.

Bishop Colton preached memorably on the theme of Growing Up and the need to develop a grown up faith, he illustrated this with a child’s picture book and a newspaper. The first reading was read by one of the candidates, Miriam Ahemefula and the prayers were led by our lay reader Alan Clohessey. The hymns for the service included ‘I the Lord of Sea and Sky’ and ‘Will you come and Follow me’, and were played by Eoin O’Callaghan.

The confirmands of Cloyne Union and Youghal Union together with their Bishop, Paul Colton, and their Rectors, Susan Green and Andrew Orr.

The Rev. Canon Denis MacCarthy, Rector of Bandon Union, writes:

A little over three hundred people attended the Confirmation Service in St. Peter’s Church, Bandon to witness and support twenty five young people who came forward for confirmation. Those confirmed also included two from St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, who were presented by the Very Revd Nigel Dunne, Dean of Cork, and two from Ballydehob who were presented by their Rector, the Rev. Steve McCann.

It was a great family occasion and the biggest congregation we had since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. It was great to see so many familiar faces again and chat with some people we hadn’t met in a while.

The group of confirmands at St Peter’s Church, Bandon, with their Rectors and the Bishop. Photo: Andy Gibson.
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