Ballybunion

1. St. John’s Church, Ballybunion  
   

PARISH PRIEST:

Fr. Sean Hanafin

PARISH SECRETARY:

Geraldine O’Connor

PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS:

Mon, Wed, Fri 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

TEL: 068 27102

SACRISTAN: Annemarie Breen

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email address: ballybunion@dioceseofkerry.ie

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Ballybunion Parish statement 2020 Click Here

Message from Fr. Seán: We welcome you back to mass.

This is what Mass is all about – the gathering of Christians to do this “In memory of me” . Please join us for Eucharist. The heart of every Christian Community is to gather for Mass and St John’s Church in Ballybunion is very safe and will be kept that way by our volunteers.

Year of St. Joseph.

This year (December 8th 2020-December 8th 2021) is dedicated to St Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This call to place our focus on Joseph is particularly relevant in this time of turmoil around the world. The pandemic has placed our human frailty and mortality in our minds and in the news. Highlighting St Joseph reminds us that we have a powerful ally in Heaven. Joseph lived and worked in the shadow of Mary and Jesus. A lot of uncertainty has been created for people. There is no certainty of employment, world travel has been suspended. We have also become more aware of how much we own ordinary hardworking people. The dedication of family members towards each other, fathers and mothers and grandparents are the people who carry each other through every crisis. Usually their work is unhighlighted. These are the people who live in the shadows of society.  Joseph had lived and worked in the shadows all his life.

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Church Restoration

The historic St. John’s Catholic Church (1897) in Ballybunion was beautifully restored at a cost of €2.2 million in 2014. Any donation to help us reduce our current debt of €592,524 would be most welcome.

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Sunday May 16th was the Feast Day of Saint Brendan, the Patron Saint of the Diocese of Kerry. Brendan was born on the other side of the Cashen River in the Ardfert/Fenit area around the year 484. He is reputed to have been raised by St Ita in Limerick at her boys school. After ordination he became an Abbot and a founder of Monasteries and a hero of legendary voyages in the Atlantic Ocean. He is closely associated with Ardfert Monastery.

In early times Christianity was organized around the Monasteries, then in the year 1111 at the Council of Rathbrazil the structure of Parishes and Dioceses were formalized. The Diocese of Kerry (Ardfert) which takes in all of County Kerry, all the Beara Peninsula and five Parishes in North Cork was established.  Brendan became the Patron Saint of our Diocese.

 

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