4th October 2020

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Phone Nos. (021) 4871180.
Emergency No: 087 0956190
Monsignor Kevin O’Callaghan: (021) 7336053
Parish Centre/Sacristy: (021) 4289768
Ring for bookings: Baptisms & Marriages etc

Weekend Masses
Ovens:
Vigil: 7.30pm.
Sunday: 11.30am.
Farran:
Vigil: 6pm
Sunday: 9.30am.

WEEKDAY MASSES
Ovens: 7.30pm: Monday.
9.30am: Weds & Fri.
Farran: 9.30am: Tues. & Thurs.

PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS
Tuesday: 6.30pm to 7.30pm.
Thursday: 9.30am to 10.30am.

OCTOBER, MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY
The Month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Wednesday next, 7th October we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary. We remember too St. Therese of Lisieux whose feast day was on Thursday last, 1st October. St. Therese had great devotion to Our Lady during her short life.
In 1206 Mary appeared to St. Dominic, she praised him for his valiant fight against the heretics and then gave him the Rosary as a mighty weapon, explained its uses and efficacy and told him to preach it to others.
Up to 2002, while praying the rosary we meditated on the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. In that year, Pope John Paul 11, in his Encyclical, Rosarium Virginis Marie, added the five Luminous Mysteries.
Through the meditations of the complete Rosary, the Popes tell us “the chief mysteries of the Christian Religion, the Mysteries of our Redemption, the great mysteries of Jesus and His mother united in joys, sorrows & triumphs”.

PRAYER OF THE MONTH
Prayer of St. Louis de Montfort
O Jesus living in Mary, come and live in your servants, in the spirit of Your holiness, in the fullness of Your might, in the perfection of Your ways, in the truth of Your virtues, in the communion of Your mysteries. Subdue every hostile power, the devil, the world and the flesh, in the strength of Your Spirit, for the glory of Your Father.
Amen.

FAMILY ROSARY CRUSADE
Archbishop Éamonn Martin is asking families to pray the Rosary together for the month of October, in what is called the Family Rosary Crusade.
On Saturday, 10th October, the Hail Holy Queen Conference will be live and Exclusive on Radio Maria Ireland, beginning with the Rosary from 12.30pm.
On Sunday, 11th October the Rosary on the Coast for Life & Faith in Ireland will take place. Once again this year we will join with many other countries around the world. We will gather at our coasts, grottos, churches, our homes or wherever we can to pray the Rosary safely together at 2.30pm. Please observe Covid-19 guidelines.

Congratulations to the children of Rang a Trí, Scoil na nUamhanna, Ovens who received their First Holy Communion in St. John the Baptist Church Ovens on Saturday last, 26th Sept, receiving Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time.
Thanks to their teachers & parents for preparing them so well and to all who prepared the Church & grounds.

MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST (OVENS)
The new Rota for Ministers of the Eucharist now available for collection.

BAPTISMS CONTINUED
Edward Joseph Kenny, Ballygroman
Oisín Kai O’Connor Jiang, Grange Manor
Anna Kate Forbes, Classis Lake
Ada Lynn Scally, Knockane
Ellen Mary Nyhan, Knockanemore
James Michael O’Flynn, Ballincollig
We congratulate them and their parents and we welcome them to the parish family.

CORK AUTISM ONLINE CONFERENCE 2020
Autism: Beyond Behaviours
This Online Conference will take place on Sunday next, 11th October. The conference offers interventions, skills and strategies to support autistic people with behaviours of concern. Suitable for parents, families, caregivers, autistics, employers, educators, professionals, agencies, advocates and anyone with an interest in autism.
Visit: www.autismcork.ie

CORK CO. SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
Éire Óg V O’Donovan Rossa (Skibbereen)
This Sunday, 4th October at 2pm in Clonakilty.
Attendance restricted. Live Streamed.