Diocesan News04 Oct 2019

Western Front Association recognises work of Bishop of Cork and Dean of Cork for centenary of First World War

On Wednesday, 2nd October, the Chairman of the Western Front Association, Colin Wagstaff, visited Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, to thank the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, and the Dean of Cork, the Very Reverend Nigel Dunne, for the work they and the United Dioceses had undertaken between 2014 and 2018 in the commemoration of the centenaries of the First World War in general, and of the centenary of the Armistice in particular.

Diocesan News04 Oct 2019

Annual Diocesan Service for Primary Schools in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

The annual Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Diocesan Service for Primary Schools was held in St Peter’s Church, Bandon, on Thursday, 26th September. There was a great atmosphere in the full church even before the service began.

Diocesan News04 Oct 2019

St Augustine’s parishioners become ‘upwardly mobile’

Diocesan News03 Oct 2019

Service to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, held a service to mark the 150th anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland on Sunday, 22nd September.

Diocesan News02 Oct 2019

Preaching the Old Testament

Autumn talk to the Cork Guild of Lay Ministry

On Saturday 28th September, the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Guild of Lay Ministry met in St Lappan’s, Little Island.

Diocesan News01 Oct 2019

Cork Diocesan Youth Council asks young people to read Saint Mark’s Gospel before Advent

Cork Diocesan Youth Council (CDYC) has set up an exciting ‘Advent Challenge’ for the young people in Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

Diocesan News01 Oct 2019

Four churches come together for Enniskillen Memorial fundraiser

The choirs from Enniskillen’s four main churches came together in St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, on Sunday evening, 29th September for a ‘Big Sing’, a fundraising event to raise money towards the completion of the new Enniskillen Memorial to be erected in memory of those who lost their lives during the Remembrance Day bombing in 1987.

Diocesan News01 Oct 2019

Special school assemblies to coincide with school climate strikes

One way in which a primary school in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork marked the climate strike on recent Fridays was to hold a special assembly to coincide with the events worldwide.

Diocesan News30 Sep 2019

Bishop Paul Colton sends warm greetings to the new Bishop of Borgå (Porvoo), Church of Finland

The Bishop of Cork, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, has sent warm greetings on behalf of himself and everyone in Cork, Cloyne and Ross to the new Bishop of Borgå (Porvoo), in the Church of Finland – the Right Reverend Bo–Göran Åstrand – who was consecrated bishop yesterday, Sunday 29th September.

Diocesan News30 Sep 2019

Appointment to Saint Anne’s, Shandon, and Saint Luke’s Home in Cork

The Bishop of Cork, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, is delighted to announce that he has appointed the Reverend Paul Robinson to be the new Priest–in–Charge of the Parish of Saint Anne’s, Shandon, and also Chaplain to Saint Luke’s Home in Cork.