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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.
Diocesan News
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.
Diocesan News
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.
Diocesan News
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.
Diocesan News
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.
Christian Unity and Dialogue
World Refugee Day: Call to commemorate lives of migrants and refugees lost in the Mediterranean
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) together with the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) is inviting churches to commemorate the lives of thousands of migrants and refugees who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean, seeking safety on their way to Europe.
Liturgical Advisory Committee
Liturgical Advisory Committee launches resource for marking Centenary of the End of the War of Independence
The centenary will take place on 11th July 2021
The Liturgical Advisory Committee (LAC) of the Church of Ireland has published a resource for use in parishes marking the Centenary of the End of the War of Independence.
Diocesan News
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.
Diocesan News
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.
