The Right Reverend Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, speaking today at a gathering of European Churches in Porvoo, Finland, referred to the forthcoming Irish referendum on the Nice Treaty, and said that the debate has focussed too much on what we get from Europe to the exclusion of what we can offer of ourselves as a nation within the European Union.
The Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan Synod will meet in Taney Parish Centre, Taney Road, Dundrum, on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th October at 5.00pm each evening.
KILMORE CONFERENCE CHALLENGES CULTURE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE
The Most Reverend John Neill will be enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan, in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin on Saturday 12 October 2002 at 2.30 pm.
The Electoral College to elect a new Bishop of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns to succeed Bishop John Neill will take place on Monday 4th November, 2002 in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The Service will be held at 11am and the Electoral College will continue at 12 noon.