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New Diocesan Secretary for Limerick & Killaloe
Lorna Sharpe will take up the role from the start of July.
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Queen’s Birthday Honours for Connor organists
Two church organists in Connor Diocese have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Two new Canons installed in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
On Sunday, 13th June, in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, during an Evening Service broadcast live on the Cathedral webcam, two Canons were installed.
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Columba Triptych at St Augustine’s, Londonderry
Celebrations marking the Feast Day of St Columba ended in style at St Augustine’s Church in Londonderry on Wednesday 9th June as three of the city’s leading cultural lights entertained an audience in ‘the Wee Church on the Walls’ with an enthralling, narrated production of ‘Columba: a Triptych’, scripted by Mary Murphy.
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County Cork rector ‘shears’ a parishioner’s lockdown locks and beard in aid of church conservation work
Outside, in the delightful summer sun at Timoleague, County Cork, Geoffrey Hanbidge had his lockdown beard and hair cut off by his rector, the Rev Kingsley Sutton, on Bank Holiday Monday, 7th June.
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Decade of centenaries memorial space for prayer and remembrance dedicated by Bishop Paul Colton in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
On Tuesday, 8th June, the eve of the Feast of Saint Columba, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, dedicated a space in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork which has been set aside for the remainder of the Decade of Centenaries (2012–2023), as a place for prayer and remembrance.
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Knock Parish celebrate their patron, St Columba
On Sunday morning 6 June, St. Columba’s, Knock, was filled to capacity with some 90 parishioners (the maximum permitted under Covid guidelines) gathering to celebrate the life and ministry of our patron, St Columba.
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Lord Mayor of Cork and the Lady Mayoress make annual courtesy visit to the Bishop of Cork and Mrs Susan Colton
The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Joe Kavanagh, together with the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Stephanie Kavanagh, made the Lord Mayor of Cork’s customary courtesy call to the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton and Mrs Susan Colton on Wednesday 9th June.
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Institution of the Revd Carlton Baxter
A video of the recent Institution of the Revd Carlton Baxter as the Rector of St Aidan’s, Kilmore, and St Saviour’s, Dobbin, in the Diocese of Armagh, is now available.
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Two new Readers licensed in Cork, Cloyne and Ross
On Tuesday, 8th June, the eve of the feast of Saint Columba, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, licensed two new readers – Alan Clohessy and Dr Kieran Hogan – to the Office of Reader.
