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Heritage Week at St Coleman’s Church, Macroom
As part of Heritage Week, environmental educator Ted Cook gave a talk in the grounds of St Coleman’s Church, Macroom, on Sunday 15th August.
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Successful music summer school at Belfast Cathedral
Belfast Cathedral’s ‘Joseph’ themed Music Summer School was a huge success, with 60 children stepping into the amazing space of St Anne’s Cathedral to sing, make music, and have fun.
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Mothers’ Union celebrates legacy of Irish founder – refurbished grave redicated
Representatives of Mothers’ Union from all over Ireland gathered in Dublin on Saturday (August 21) to remember the founder of the first Irish branch of the organisation.
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People and Places video series
To paraphrase Thucydides, the people make the diocese, not the buildings alone. With this in mind a video series called ‘People and Places’ was launched yesterday, Monday 23rd August. It focuses on the many different aspects of church life in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
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Covid Recovery Day in Carnmoney parish
Carnmoney Parish Church, Diocese of Connor, hosted a Covid Recovery Day as a way of helping members of the church and the local community to reflect on and process their experiences of the pandemic.
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24 hours of prayer in Fanlobbus Union of Parishes
During the months of July and August, Fanlobbus Union, Co. Cork, organised twenty–four hours of prayer in each of their four churches; Dunmanway, Drimoleague, Drinagh and Coolkelure.
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Hats for seafarers
During the past year of restrictions, two parishioners of Douglas Union with Frankfield, Co. Cork, have been busy knitting hats for seafarers, continuing an activity that started in the parish on Sea Sunday 2017. This year, thirty–six woolly hats have been posted to the Port Chaplain in Dublin for distribution.
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Summer Fundraiser in Ballydehob
On three consecutive Fridays over the past weeks, Ballydehob Union of Parishes met at the Danno O’Mahony Statue in the centre of Ballydehob to host a Summer Fundraiser.
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Institution in Newtownhamilton
The Institution of the Revd David Moses as Rector of the Grouped Parishes of Keady, Armaghbreague, Derrynoose and Newtownhamilton took place in Newtownhamilton Parish Church on 17th August 2021.
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Forgotten Voices Writing Workshop at Belfast Cathedral
St Anne’s Cathedral Writer in Residence, Deirdre Cartmill, will be running a writing workshop in the Cathedral’s Chapel of Unity on Saturday 25th September.
