Diocesan News16 Feb 15

Diocesan Reader Licensed In Cork, Cloyne And Ross

L–R: Revd Steve McCann (Chaplain to Lay Ministers in Cork, Cloyne and Ross), Mrs Marie Norton, Bishop Paul Colton, and the Rector of Bandon Union of Parishes, the Revd Denis MacCarthy.

Mrs Marie Norton, a parishioner of Bandon Union of Parishes, in the Diocese of Cork, trained, and was licensed, as a Reader in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf while she and her husband Fred were living in Qatar. Having returned to live in West Cork Marie has now been licensed to serve as a Reader in the Church of Ireland within the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The Bishop of Cork, the Rt Revd Dr Paul Colton, licensed her on Sunday, 15 February in Holy Trinity Church, Rathclaren, Co Cork during the Sunday Eucharist. 

Marie is looking forward to ministry as a Reader in Bandon Union of Parishes where the rector is the Revd Denis MacCarthy. A number of Readers from the Diocese attended the Service. Marie was presented to the Bishop by the Revd Steve McCann who is Chaplain to Lay Ministers in the Diocese.