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Applications are invited for a part-time role as Parish Secretary based in Clonakilty Parish.
The hours will be Monday to Friday: 9.30am to 1.30pm.
The successful candidate will work closely with the team of priests serving the six parishes of our family of parishes and will assist in meeting the administrative needs of the parishes as well as responding to enquiries from parishioners.
We’re looking for a person who is excited by serving others, a good organiser, flexible and discreet and gets on well with people in a variety of situations. A reasonable familiarity with the daily life of a parish is an advantage.
Essential skills: Clear communication, very good with people and with IT, diary management, filing and recording.
Download the Application Form here as a Word file or as a PDF file
Closing date: Friday Feb 17th, 2023.
The Mass times for the feast day are shown for our family of parishes.
Masses in Clonakilty are on Thursday eve at 7pm and on Friday 6th at 10am and 7pm.
Have a blessed “little Christmas”!
The priests ministering in this parish and in the local family of parishes wish all parishioners, friends and neighbours a blessed and peaceful Christmas.
- Fr Ted Collins
- Fr Tom Hayes
- Fr John Kingston
- Fr John McCarthy
- Fr Dave O’Connell
- Fr Fergus Tuohy SMA
Bishop Fintan Gavin has sent a Christmas video message and a blessing to students and staff of all the primary schools in the diocese. View the interactive message here.
You are welcome to join in one of our Christmas Masses to celebrate the Birth of Christ among us.
These are the times of Masses in Clonakilty and Darrara Parish
Christmas Eve
Clonakilty Parish Church. 6.30 pm
Clonakilty Parish Church 9 pm
Christmas Day
Clonakilty 8.30 am
Darrara 9.30 am
Clonakilty 11 am
Below is the full schedule of Masses in our Family of Parishes
Christmas Eve
Saturday 24 December 2022 |
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| Clonakilty | 6:30pm |
| Lisavaird | 6:30pm |
| Clogagh | 7:00pm |
| Rossmore | 7:00pm |
| Rathbarry | 7:30pm |
| Barryroe | 8:00pm |
| Carraigfada | 8:00pm |
| Clonakilty | 9:00pm |
| Rosscarbery | 9:00pm |
| Timoleague | 9:00pm |
| Courtmacsherry | 12:00 midnight |
Christmas Day
Sunday 25 December 2022 |
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| Clonakilty | 8:30am |
| Rosscarbery | 9:15am |
| Courtmacsherry | 9:30am |
| Darrara | 9:30am |
| Ardfield | 10:00am |
| Clogagh | 10:00am |
| Lisavaird | 10:15am |
| Barryroe | 11:00am |
| Clonakilty | 11:00am |
| Bealad | 11:15am |
| Rosscarbery | 11:30am |
| Timoleague | 11:30am |
In preparation for a worthy celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas, we are called to prepare by prayer and by going to Confession.
Each Saturday in Clonakilty Church the Sacrament of Confession is available from 12noon.
On Monday Dec 19th, there will be a community celebration of the sacrament in Clonakily Church at 7pm.
All the priests from the family of parishes will assist. This liturgy involves communal prayer, listening to the Word of God, shared examination of conscience, individual confession of sins to a priest, shared act of thanksgiving.
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Confession on Christmas Eve will be from 11am to 1pm in the parish church