I hope that whatever you are seeking you may find some steps here that will lead you to know the God of Love in your life. You are welcome to walk with us on our social media channels, too.
Each year people from parishes and faith communities throughout the city and beyond walk in the procession or prayerfully participate along the route as the Bishop carries the Blessed Sacrament from the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne to the city centre.
This year will be the 98th celebration of the Cork Eucharistic Procession as we look forward to its 100th anniversary in 2026. Last year people gathered in their thousands to join the first Cork Eucharistic Procession since 2019 due to Covid. This year we hope even more will join us.
Preparations are underway for several months to reach out to many people (particularly young people), parishes, and faith groups to ensure a dignified and prayerful celebration. A programme has been created for primary schools to share the meaning and history of the Eucharistic Procession with children and to encourage them to be part of the procession with their families. Post-primary school students have also been invited to take part this year.
Choirs and music groups throughout the Diocese are invited to join one great choir to raise up voices together in the procession.
I am very grateful to the many people who have helped with the preparations.
I invite you to join the procession on Sunday, May 26th to walk together in faith as people and families from different parishes, age-groups, communities and countries.
Yours sincerely in Christ,
✠ Fintan Gavin
Bishop of Cork and Ross
There are 175 Catholic primary schools in Cork and Ross under the patronage of Bishop Fintan Gavin.
In the region of 120 participants have attended each of these meetings where BOM’s are supported in their wide range of governance responsibilities. Chairpersons and school principals have already participated in training for the new Boards of Management in late November and early December 2023 when new BOM’s took up their responsibilities on 1st December 2023.
Further diocesan training and support will be available to new BOM’s in relation to specific roles including treasurer, safeguarding and recruitment later this year.
All these training modules are co-ordinated by the Diocesan Education Secretariat in conjunction with CPSMA (Catholic Primary School Management Association)
Priests from India will minister to the sick in hospitals in Cork. This follows discussions between Bishop Fintan Gavin and the leadership of the Order of St Camillus in India.
This order of priests is inspired by the life of sixteenth century Italian St. Camillus who devoted his life to care of people suffering from plagues.
The Camillian Order is now worldwide – and also has centres in Ireland.
The Diocese of Cork and Ross nominates priest chaplains to Cork University Hospital, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Marymount University Hospital.
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The afternoon will include time for prayer, reflection, discussion and a social dimension.
The Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, Cork, was celebrated with principal celebrant Bishop Fintan Gavin.
It included the initiation into the Catholic Church of two people who have come to Cork from Brazil.
Edina Teopoldo de Campos (to the left of Bishop Fintan) and Danilo Fraga Peixoto (to the right of the bishop) are pictured with families and friends after they were baptised and confirmed at the Easter Vigil.
This is the highpoint of their participation in a preparatory programme known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). This programme is provided by parishes with the support of the Mission and Ministry Office of the diocese.
Bishop Fintan Gavin welcomed parishioners and priests and religious from across the diocese.
The ceremony included the:
Bishop Fintan acknowledged especially the contibution of priests across the diocese in a time of a lot of change.
“I want to acknowledge the generosity of so many of our priests who generously continue to minister beyond the retirement age of parish priests at 75 years."