It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the stone ...

St. Brigid’s Parish, Cabinteely: Weekday Masses are celebrated in St. Brigid’s Church, Cabinteely on Monday, Tuesday, ...

By Mollee Francisco  These are two birthday cakes you don’t want to stand too close to when all the candles are lit. Two of the town’s oldest organized churches celebrate 150 years in ...

The newly formed North Cork Vintage Club has arranged a Vintage Tractor Run on this Sunday February 2nd, 2025 with the ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

The candle , lit from the Easter candle ... 1247 Since the beginning of the Church, adult Baptism is the common practice where the proclamation of the Gospel is still new. The catechumenate ...

When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest ... in his brief homily at Mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jan. 12. Afterward, he led the ...

(Exodus 13:2) The writers of the Eastern church speak of Mary's being prepurified (protokathareises) by the Holy Spirit at the Annunciation. The name Candlemas comes to us from England and refers to ...