PARISH PHONE NOS.
Fr. John McCarthy 4871180
Mobile No.: 087 0956190
Parish Centre / Sacristy: 4289768
Ring for bookings : Baptisms & Marriages etc.
Weekend Masses
Vigil Mass will be in Ovens Church Saturday 15th of March at 6pm
Sunday Masses: Farran: 9.30 am, Ovens: 11.30 am
Weekday Masses
Ovens: 9.30 am Wednesday and Friday
Farran: 9.30 am Tuesdays and Thursdays
WEEKEND ANNIVERSARIES
15th/16th of March
OVENS: 6pm:
Neilus Buckley ,Grange and Ballincollig, 1st Anniversary
Pat Hourihan, Garryhesta, Months Mind
11.30 am
Pierce Power, Apsley, 1st Anniversary
FARRAN: 9.30am
Anne Cunningham, 1st Anniversary
Monday 17th March Ovens 11.30am
Liam and Maura Lane, Dublin
Peggy and Danny Murphy, Barnagore
Ovens /Farran 2024 Expenses
Sacristy expenses €10,128.29
Maintenance:
Ovens Church €29,350.23
Farran church €5,043.97
Ovens House €2,923.74
Farran House €3,350.00
Farran Hall €0.00
Grounds Maintenance €1,916.00
Diocesan Fund €8,533.70
Diocesan Benevolent fund €6,958.16
Light and Heat €7,357.01
Phone/Stationary €2,838.04
Church requisites €13,967.12
Books Magazines €151.40
Professional Fees €1,020.90
Bank Charges €536.00
Personnel Dev. 200.00
Confirmation/1st Communion expenses €1,834.86
Subscriptions €0.00
Service Charges €816.28
Insurance €8,634.91
Security €0.00
Newsletter €1,555.93
gifts and donations €0.00
website €0.00
equipment €0.00
Mission €0.00
Total Parish expenses €108,276.54
Mass Offertory collections for 2024
Offertory collections for 2024 amounted to: €85,305.80
Sincere thanks to all parishioners for their generous donations, in the now various form using EasyPay, Online, Direct debits and, of course, Cash, Annual cheques & Envelope systems, as well as envelopes returned from neighbouring Churches.
Thanks to all who contribute to the upkeep of the Parish.
St Patricks Day
There will be no Vigil Mass on Sunday the 16th of March.
Ovens/Farran Parish Assembly
The next meeting of the Ovens/Farran Parish Assembly will take place on Monday the 24th of March at 8pm.
Ovens/ Farran Active Circle
Meeting this Monday, 10th March at 2.30 pm in the Parish Centre.
New Members welcome.
Book club
March meeting of the Ovens/Farran Book Club on this Monday 10th of March at 7.30pm
Trocaire Boxes
Trocaire Boxes are available in Booth Farran and Ovens Church’s this Sunday.
LIONS CLUB
Lions Club are holding our Annual Patricks Hill Ball Run in aid of Cork City Missing Persons Search and Recovery and also for local Cork charities on Sunday 16th of March.
All are welcome.
We will also be collecting old spectacles for recycling to the Third World so bring along any old glasses and give them a new lease of life.
Please support the Fundraiser by buying balls on www.corklionsclub.ie