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Special Diocesan Collections
As well as the ordinary collections for the parish funds taken up every Sunday, there are special diocese-wide collections taken up on some weekends and Good Friday to aid projects of the local and universal Church.They are listed here:
Lourdes Invalid Fund
This collection subsides the Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes for individuals whose
health and/or means would otherwise prevent them from travelling to Lourdes.
It also subsidises the travel of essential care personnel. It is administered by Mgr.
Kevin O'Callaghan PP VG, 1, Woodlawn, Model Farm Road, Cork.
(Good Friday) Holy Places (in the Holy Land)
The collection taken up at the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday is sent to the
custodians of the places in the Holy Land where Our Lord? Passion took place.
These funds are used to maintain the Holy Places.
Irish Bishops' Commissions
This collection helps fund the work of the Irish Bishops' Conference and its agencies and commissions.
List of the agencies
and commissions
Parish Pastoral Services
This collection part-funds the training of parish assemblies and parish
pastoral councils and funds on-going support programmes for parishes provided
through the Pastoral Development
Office.
Eucharistic Congress
Benedict XVI announced that the 50th International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Dublin in June 2012. The Irish Bishops hold an annual collection to help defray the cost of the Congress. See the Congress website here.
Peter's Pence
The Peter's Pence collection is sent to Rome. It is used by the pope to support special charitable
projects in developing countries as well as defraying expenses of the work of the Church.
Full Information
Education/Students of the Priesthood
The proceeds of the collection go to the Diocesan Education Fund which meets the cost of seminarians'
fees at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and also contributes to post-graduate studies of priests
of the diocese.
Propagation of The Faith (Missions)
This Mission Sunday collection goes to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and is used to
support the young churches throughout the world in the establishment of parishes, dioceses, training
of catechists and building of seminaries, etc.
Marriage Counselling Services
CMCC provides a range of marriage-care services including pre-marriage
courses and marriage counselling in Cork city. Accord Bantry meets the
needs of people in that area. This collection helps fund these services.
CMCC is an agency of CRSS Ltd. Accord is an agency of the Irish Bishops'
Conference.
| Special Collections | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdes Fund | Feb 7 | Feb 13 | Feb 12 | Feb 10 | ||||
| Bishops' Commissions | Mar 7 | Mar 13 | Mar 11 | Mar 10 | ||||
| Holy Places | Apr 2 | Apr 22 | Apr 6 | Mar 29 | ||||
| Parish Clergy (Easter) | Apr 24 | Apr 8 | Mar 31 | |||||
| Parish Pastoral Services | May 9 | May 8 | May 13 | May 12 | ||||
| Eucharistic Congress | June 26 | June 10 | June 2 | |||||
| Peter's Pence | June 27 | July 10 | June 24 | June 30 | ||||
| Priesthood Education | Sept 26 | Sept 25 | Sept 23 | Sept 22 | ||||
| Mission Sunday | Oct 17 | Oct 23 | Oct 21 | Oct 20 | ||||
| Marriage Support | Nov 21 | Nov 20 | Nov 18 | Nov 17 | ||||
| Parish Clergy (Christmas Day) | Dec 25 | Dec 25 | Dec 25 | Dec 25 |
1. There is no (Second) Special Collection on the first Sunday of each month to facilitate the monthly church door collection of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
In 2011, the date of the Peter’s Pence collection, the Sunday nearest the solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul, coincides with the Feast of Corpus Christi. In order to avoid having two second collections on consecutive Sundays, the Peter’s Pence collection has been transferred to July 10th.
While it is envisaged that the Special Collection for the Eucharistic Congress will cease in 2012, provision of a date in 2013 has been made in case it is required nationally.
