I have been asked by the Cork County Covid19 Community Response Forum to bring the announcement below to your attention and, as appropriate, to ask you to make this information widely known also: A pop-up Covid-19 test site will run at ILEN Rovers GAA club on Saturday 10th July from 11am to 7pm. We are … [Read more…]
On Sunday 27th June a Diocesan Service, with civic and ecumenical participation, was held in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork to mark the upcoming centenary of the truce: the end of the War of Independence in Ireland. The Service, which was held as part of the continuing Cork, Cloyne and Ross Centenaries Commemoration and Reconciliation Project was … [Read more…]
A small, rural two-teacher Church of Ireland National School in Ballineen in West Cork with twenty-nine pupils decided to find a creative and artistic way to overcome one big obstacle caused by Covid-19 restrictions: not allowing the pandemic to break down the sense of community in the school. The school’s two classrooms have been completely … [Read more…]
Kinneigh Union of Parishes July – August 2021 ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ We’re back in church and it’s been such an amazing experience. The opportunity to see people face to face and to put a name to a face has been most exciting. What can I say but, “THANK YOU LORD.” As the restrictions ease and more … [Read more…]
Walk4 Burundi : Diary Update Week 4 (of 4) 24th May: One aspect of this fundraising campaign has been the envelopes which have dropped through my letterbox with cheques, cash and supporting messages. These became quite a motivational feature as the month progressed. You may imagine my surprise when I opened a letter on Monday morning to find … [Read more…]
Walk4 Burundi : Diary Update Week 3 (of 4) 18th May: One interesting aspect of these walks is that they also offer parishioners an opportunity to meet (at a distance) as a result of the opening up after the lockdown. Such was the situation on Monday morning when parishioners from Templemartin, Kilmurry and Kilbonane came together for a … [Read more…]
Walk4 Burundi : Diary Update Week 2 (of 4) 11th May: In contrast to the preceding day in Bandon, the sun shone over Blackrock Castle as we met with the Archdeacon for a loop walk around Lough Mahon and Blackrock. Adrian, of course, was the inspiration for these walks as he had set the template with a 5 … [Read more…]
Walk4Burundi 10 Days in May May 1 : Féile na Bealtaine (May Festival) in this year of Covid was marked, not by a weekend of festivals, but a solitary drive to St James’ Church, Durrus in the most westerly Parish in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross to commence the Walk4Burundi in each union … [Read more…]
Thursday, 13th May is Ascension Day, and there will be an open day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the unique Church of the Ascension, Timoleague, County Cork (with all covid-19 precautions and oversight in place). Unique? Yes, it must be the only church building in Ireland where the interior walls are not only … [Read more…]
To mark today – 10th May 2021 – when progressively we will once again re-open our church buildings for public worship, I have created a new edition video message with appropriate guidance.I hope it will be circulated widely and be of assistance to parishes, parishioners in general, and to clergy, readers, churchwardens, and select vestries, in … [Read more…]
