Friday October 24th brought together members of three generations of the extended Dwyer Families and the Cork Poor Clare Community along with Bishop Fintan Gavin

The occasion was to celebrate the centenary of the death of Walter Dwyer September 2nd 1925 – 2025, founding benefactor of the Cork Poor Clare Monastery in 1914.

Walter Dwyer is especially remembered for funding the building of the Monastery. Together with the Servant of God Fr. Willie Doyle SJ and with the permission of the Bishop of Cork at the time, Most Rev. Bishop Callaghan, Walter facilitated the arrival of his daughter Sr. Maria Dwyer and some Carlow Poor Clares in the Cork Monastery. Eleven years later, his death occurred on September 2nd 1925 in the Bon Secours Hospital next door and his body reposed in the Poor Clare Chapel overnight. Forty years later, on the same day, in 1965, his beloved daughter Sr. Maria died.

Walter Dwyer’s legacy as founding benefactor of the Poor Clares in cork is remembered this year 2 September 2025 - first centenary of his death

He is remembered especially for funding the building of the monastery in 1914 and, together with the servant of god, Fr. Willie Doyle SJ, for facilitating the arrival of his daughter Sr. Maria Dwyer along with the founding Poor Clare sisters here in college road.

His death occurred on September 2^nd 1925 in the Bon Secours Hospital next door. His body reposed overnight in this Poor Clare chapel.

Forty years later on the same day in 1965 his beloved daughter Sr. Maria died.

Vocations flourished in the intervening years . This led to two new foundations being made from Cork to Glasgow and Ennis in 1950s – and from Ennis to Papua Guinea in 1971.

May God be praised and glorified for this remarkable legacy of Walter Dwyer and his daughter  Sr. Maria Dwyer along with Fr. Willie Doyle and all involved in the Poor Clares coming to Cork and continuing to this day!

See williedoyle.org for more information

Walter Dwyer: Gravestone

Sr Maria Dwyer (left)

The Poor Clare Sisters are pictured here with the Bishop of Cork and Ross, Bishop Fintan Gavin, following their triennial elections in May

Happy feast of Our Lady of the Angels! (2nd August)

We begin the novena to St. Clare on this feast day, and will include all your intentions also, please join in spirit with us and so many around the world.

Novena Prayer

Beloved St. Clare,
by your trust in God's providence,
obtain help for all the poor and needy;
by your love for the Infant Jesus,
obtain the protection of our families;
by your love for Jesus crucified,
obtain for us courage in every trial;
by your love for Jesus in the Eucharist,
obtain our request...……..
by your attentiveness to the Holy Spirit,
obtain for us the grace of prayer and devotion;
by your likeness to Mary our Mother,
obtain peace in our hearts our homes and our world.
Amen