Mizen Parish

We all know how racing pigeons can find their way home. When left off they don’t fly straight in the direction they’re supposed to go. Instead they will circle many times as they find their bearings and then they set off. It’s called the homing instinct. We too have that within us. It takes the […]

Just a reminder Mass will be celebrated tomorrow morning at 10.30am from St Mary’s Church & every Sunday from now on. Parishioners were delighted to have mass celebrated locally & with over 1.1k views  the addition of music really added to the Mass.    

In November We Remember . . . Ní imithe uainn atá siad, ach imithe romhainn. They are not gone from us, but gone before us. November is a time for remembering and praying for our loved ones who have gone before us. Perhaps more than most years, this November will be especially poignant as we […]

It was wonderful to have the first live streamed Mass  celebrated on  Sunday last , where many people joined in from all over the globe. It was very obvious from the comments  that people had missed Mass enormously. Mass will be celebrated again next Sunday November 8th at 10.30am through Mizen Parish Facebook page. For people […]

  Today, we celebrate the Feast of all the Saints of Ireland. Renowned as being the land of Saints and Scholars, Ireland has over 300 Saints, one for almost everyday of the year. Yet, only 4 Saints – St Malacy, St. Lawrence O’Toole, St. Oliver Plunkett and St. Charles of Mount Argus – have been […]

Today we celebrate the Feast Day of our patron saint, St Martin De Porres. The patron saint of social justice, racial harmony, and mixed-race people. St Martin was born in Lima, Peru. His father was a Spanish noble man and his mother a freed black slave from Panama. When he was 12, his mother apprenticed […]

November 2nd marks the beginning of a sacred time in the Catholic tradition. We remember and pray for our people who have died during the nine days that are known as the Novena of the Holy Souls. While people cannot attend the Novena Masses being celebrated in churches this year, we can still keep the […]

A service of prayers to dedicate the month of November as a time of Prayer and Remembrance for those who have died and for the comfort of the bereaved will take place on Sunday. Bishop Fintan Gavin will preside at this ceremony in the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Anne, Cork, on next Sunday 1st […]