Recent Baptisms Colin Michael McCarthy, Orchard House Monarone.  Molly Mai McCarthy, 3 Kilbrogan Street.

St. joseph's young Priests Society The monthly meeting of St. Josephs Young Priests society will be held in the Munster Arms Hotel on Tuesday November 4th at 8:30pm.

Bandon Branch Cope Foundation meeting in Munster Arms Hotel.  Monday November 3rd at 8pm.

Special Olympics are holding their AGM in the McCutcheon Hall in Bandon Grammar School on Wednesday the 5th of November at 9pm.  Everyone welcome to attend.

St.  Brogan's Underage G.A.A. Indoor hurling in Bandon GAA Pavilion for 5 to 8 year otds starting on Tuesday next 4th November, 2008 from 6.30pm until 7.30pm. just bring your hurling helmet and C2.  All children born 2000 to 2003 are welcome.

St.  Brogan's College Parents Association monthly meeting November 3rd 8pm in St. Brogan's College all parents/guardians welcome.

Innishannon Candle Launch.  This year the 25th publication of Innishannon Candlelight will be a double silver jubilee edition with articles recording the new and old Innishannon and school photograph dating back to 1945 also Bandon Bowling 1951 and carrying a colour photographs of this years County Champions.  This special 60 page bumper edition will be launched by Paudie Palmer in the Private Collector Gallerv Innishannon at 8pm on Thursday 6th November.  Everybody welcome.

The Coeliac Society of Ireland, Southern Branch will. hold the following meeting on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 in the S.M.A. Centre, Wilton, Cork at 8:00p.m. Topic: Talk entitled "Gluten Free Cooking in the Home" by Elizabeth Ross followed by Dietitian talk.  Refreshments served.  All welcome.

When we think of Saints we think of people like St. Anthony or St. Francis, and yet we all have our own personal Saints, people who have inspired us by their faith and the way they lived their lives.  Ordinary people mothers and fathers, relations, neighbours and friends, they had about them that sense of God and the things of God that turned ordinary lives into graced experiences of the presence of God.

As we begin our novena for the holy souls think of the people who were saints for you and to you, God has welcomed them all into the Jerusalem he has prepared for all of us.

In our novena we celebrate the lives of all those who have gone before us and we invite you all to share in that celebration with us.

NOVENA MASSES

In addition to the normal daily Masses daring the Novena (2nd - 10th November) there will be extra masses at 7:30pm in the Parish Church and in Gaggin at 8:15pm.  Monday to Friday incl.

In the Parish Church on the final evening of the Novena there will be special remembrance of all those who have died in our parish during the past year.