Year of Prayer, Listening and Discernment

On 6 October 2024 at Gougane Barra, Bishop Fintan Gavin invited everyone in the diocese to begin a year of prayer, listening and discernment

During this time, we seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to help us know how to be faithful disciples and to build His Church in this time and place

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Bishop Fintan's invitation

The Prayer from the Boat

Tá leagan Gaelach anseo

Pray the Prayer Video

Prayer from the Boat - children

Leanaí - Ár nGuí ón mBád

"Even the winds and seas obey Him""Even the wind and seas obey Him"

Bishop of Cork and Ross invites people to respond to Church changes with a time of prayer, listening and discernment

On a weekend when heavy rain and winds had blown across his diocese, it seems more than coincidence that a new pastoral message from the Bishop of Cork and Ross should begin with a scripture quote: “Even the wind and the seas obey Him”.

Bishop Fintan Gavin read his message on Sunday to pilgrims attending the annual Mass at St. Finbarr’s Oratory, Gougane Barra.

Bishop Fintan’s message is a call to the people of the diocese to commit to a year-long time of prayer, listening and discernment about the future of the Catholic Church in the parishes and chaplaincies of the diocese.

In a time of unprecedented change in society and the Catholic Church in Ireland, people are understandably concerned about their parish’s future, he said.

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