30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
PARISH PHONE NOS.
Fr. John McCarthy: House: 4871180
Mobile: 087 0956190
Parish Centre / Sacristy: 4289768
Ring for bookings : Baptisms & Marriages etc
Weekend Masses
Vigil Mass will be in Ovens Church Saturday 2nd November at 6pm
Farran: 9.30am.
Ovens: 11.30am.
Weekday Masses
Ovens:
9.30am: Wednesday
Farran:
9.30am: Tuesday and Thursday.
ALL SAINTS DAY
This Friday, 1st November we celebrate the Feast of All Saints
Mass Times:
Vigil 31st October, Ovens: 7pm.
Feast Day:
Farran: 9.30am. Ovens: 11.30am.
FIRST FRIDAY VISITS TO THE SICK & HOUSEBOUND
The usual 1st Friday visits to the sick & housebound will be made on this Thursday & Friday.
Farran: On Thursday 31st October.
Ovens: On Friday after the 11.30am Mass.
NOVENA FOR THE DEAD, 2ND TO 10TH NOVEMBER
Mass Times:
Farran:
9.30am: Monday to Friday, 4th to 8th November.
Ovens:
7pm: Monday to Friday, 4th to 8th November.
Holy Hour on Tuesday, 5th November will follow the 7pm Mass.
New Mass Schedule
Starting from Saturday the 2nd of November there will be a change in the Mass times for Saturday nights.
Vigil Mass will now be at 6pm in both Ovens and Farran
ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEKEND 26TH/27TH OCTOBER
Ovens:
11.30am: Mary Brennan, Grange 1st Anniversary
Farran:
7pm: John and Brigid Healy, Currahaly
9.30am: Mary Murphy, Ballineadig, Recently Deceased.
We pray also for:
Callie McCarthy, Valley View
Jerry and Nan Murphy, Station Road
John Keating, Douglas
May they rest in peace
Recent Baptisms
Clodagh Buckley, Kilcrea, Ovens
Joseph O Halloran, Windsor, Ovens
We congratulate them and their families and we welcome them to the Parish Family.
CEMETERY SUNDAY
Blessing of graves in the four cemeteries on Sunday next, 3rd November
Aglish: After the 9.30am Farran Mass.
Ovens: After the 11.30am Mass.
Athnowen: At 12.45pm. Approx.
Kilcrea: 3pm.
IN NOVEMBER, WE REMEMBER
During the month of November we remember, in a special way, those who have died and we pray for them.
REMEMBRANCE MASS
On Friday, 8th November at 7pm we have our Remembrance Mass for those who died during the past year. Their names will be called out and a family member will be invited to place a light on the altar and their name on the Tree of Remembrance.
We remember also family members who died during the year outside of the Parish.
If you would like to have your loved one prayed for at the Remembrance Mass on 8th November, please hand in their name, address and date of death, to either Ovens or Farran Church or to the Parish Office, no later than Tuesday, 5th November. The lights and labels for the Tree of Remembrance have to be prepared beforehand.
Any family who had a bereavement in the Parish need not make contact with the Church.
Novena for the Dead Envelopes
Envelopes available in the porches of both Churches.
ST BERNADETTES RELICS PILGRIMAGE
The Relics will be displayed in the Cathedral of St Mary and St. Anne (North Cathedral) on Wednesday October 30th from 4pm, and then on the following day, Thursday October 31st, they will travel to the Church of the Immaculate Conception Clonakilty for veneration starting at 2pm.
Full programme of events available on the Diocesan website:
www.corkandross.org.
Ovens National School Parent’s Association clothes collection fundraiser.
DECLUTTERING YOUR HOME
Clothes collection days (drop in school hall):
Monday 4th November – Thursday 7th November : 9am—9.20 am
Monday 4th November – Wednesday 6th November 2pm—3pm
Accepted: all types of good condition clothes, paired shoes, handbags, belts, jewellery.
Not accepted: bad condition clothes, single shoes.
Rota for Ministers of the Word (Farran)
The new rota for Ministers of the Word for Farran is now available.
It can be collected in the sacristy in Farran Church after Mass.