Diocesan News20 May 09

New publication launched at Clogher Friends' Service

On Sunday 17th May 2009 the annual Friends’ Service in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher took place, with the Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher, as preacher.

Pictured at the launch of the 2009 Guide to St Macartan’s Cathedral Clogher are the Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher, Mrs Ethel Magill, Hon. Treasurer, Mr Jack Johnston, Historian and Hon. Secretary, and the Very Revd Raymond Thompson, Dean of Clogher.

The service was led by the Very Revd Raymond Thompson, Dean of Clogher, in what will be his last Friends’ Service before his retirement in August as Dean of Clogher and Rector of the Clogher Cathedral Group of Parishes. During the service, the Bishop launched the 2009 Guide to St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher, which was commissioned by the Friends’ of Clogher Cathedral, researched and compiled by local historian, Mr Jack Johnston. The publication is a revised version of previous guides to the Cathedral which were first published in 1960, and later revised in 1970, 1989, and now 2009. The colourful publication provides much background to the Cathedral, and a narrative to accompany a step by step tour of the Cathedral.