As well as the ordinary collections for the parish funds taken up every Sunday, there are special diocese-wide collections taken up on some weekends and Good Friday to aid projects of the local and universal Church.They are listed here:
Lourdes Invalid Fund
This collection subsides the Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes for individuals whose health and/or means would otherwise prevent them from travelling to Lourdes. It also subsidises the travel of essential care personnel. It is administered by Canon Jim O’Donovan, The Presbytery, Ballinlough, Cork.
(Good Friday) Holy Places (in the Holy Land)
The collection taken up at the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday is sent to the custodians of the places in the Holy Land where Our Lord? Passion took place. These funds are used to maintain the Holy Places.
Irish Bishops’ Commissions
This collection helps fund the work of the Irish Bishops’ Conference and its agencies and commissions.
List of the agencies and commissions
Parish Pastoral Services
This collection part-funds the training of parish assemblies and parish pastoral councils and funds on-going support programmes for parishes provided through the ???Pastoral Development Office???
Peter’s Pence
The Peter’s Pence collection is sent to Rome. It is used by the pope to support special charitable projects in developing countries as well as defraying expenses of the work of the Church.
Full Information
Education/Students of the Priesthood
The proceeds of the collection go to the Diocesan Education Fund which meets the cost of seminarians’ fees at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and also contributes to post-graduate studies of priests of the diocese.
Propagation of The Faith (Missions)
This Mission Sunday collection goes to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and is used to support the young churches throughout the world in the establishment of parishes, dioceses, training of catechists and building of seminaries, etc.
Marriage Care Collection
This Marriage Care Collection supports the work of Accord in the diocese
| 2022 | 2023 | |
| Diocesan Needs | January 16th | January 15th |
| Lourdes Pilgrimage | February 13th | February 12th |
| Irish Bishops Commissions | March 13th | March 12th |
| Holy Places | April 15th | April 7th |
| Priests’ Collection (Easter) | April 17th | April 9th |
| Diocesan Needs | April 24th | April 23rd |
| Mission and Ministry | May 8th | May 14th |
| Peter’s Pence | June 26th | June 25th |
| Diocesan Needs | July 17th | July 16th |
| Priesthood Education | September 25th | September 24th |
| Diocesan Needs | October 9th | October 8th |
| Propagation of the Faith | October 23rd | October 22nd |
| Marriage Support | November 13th | November 12th |
| Priests’ Collection (Christmas) | December 25th | December 25th |
1. There is no (Second) Special Collection on the first Sunday of each month to facilitate the monthly church door collection of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.