Diocesan News
Parish’s Joy as St Mullin’s Church, Timolin, Rededicated
The compact St Mullin’s Church in Timolin was packed to capacity on Sunday December 15 for a joyful celebration of the parish’s efforts. A Service of Rededication, led by Archbishop Michael Jackson, brought people from the parishes of Narraghmore and Timolin with Castledermot and Kinneagh together. There were many other visitors and well wishers including some who made their way from overseas to attend.
Over the last year, refurbishment work has been carried out on the interior of the church. Parishioners and the wider community raised over €12,500 towards the work of replastering the south wall of the church, renewing the electrics and repainting the church. While professionals were called in for the replastering, painting and electrics, much of the other work was carried out by the parishioners who volunteered their time and energy for the project.
During the service a number of gifts to the church were also dedicated. An alter cloth was donated by the Mothers’ Union in memory of Carrie Holmes. Prayer desk, lectern and pulpit hangings were donated by the Hegarty family in memory of Noel Hegarty and family. A set of burses and veils was donated by the Holmes family in memory of Carrie Holmes. Lectern and Bible markers were donated by the Glynn family in memory of Anthony and Sydney Glynn and a churchyard seat was donated by the Hendy family in memory of William and Molly Hendy.
The rector, the Revd Isaac Delemere, said the refurbishment project had brought the parish together. “This project has brought out the best in us as a community and with God’s blessing we can keep this spirit alive and continue God’s witness in this place,” he said.
The Archbishop praised parishioners for what they had achieved and said they had much to be proud of. “You have taken a difficult situation by the scruff of the neck and you have turned it forward. As your bishop, I am very proud of you for doing this in a spirit of confidence and trust. You are in the full flow of a programme of parish renewal and this again is greatly to be applauded. The strength of this community lies in the willingness of its people to volunteer and to do – to do what? To do work for God and for one another and for the wider community. All of this is a pearl of great price and a treasure to be prized,” he said.
Dr Jackson added: “It is my pleasure and privilege to honour the gifts which have been made to remember Carrie Holmes, Noel and the Hegarty family and Anthony and Sydney Glynn; the gifts of an altar cloth, hangings, burse and veils, Bible markers and the memorial seat are greatly to be appreciated and will immediately become part of the weave of life of this church, as it gives back to God week by week the honour due to his name.”
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A Churchyard Seat was dedicated by Archbishop Michael Jackson following a Service of Redication in Timolin on Sunday December 15. The seat was donated to the parish by the Hendy family in memory of William and Molly Hendy.
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