New Cork school official opening; Passport to Family Learning; Six decades of devotion to most vulnerable children; This week; Priests’ group slams training college criticism; Church divisions on Irish College
New Cork school official opening
On Friday, 15th June, the Bishop, Paul Colton, cut the ribbon, unveiled the plaque and officially opened South Abbey National School – Youghal’s Church of Ireland Primary School – in its new building on Golf Links Road. The building was once the Christian Brothers’ Secondary School. Following extensive development and refurbishment it has started a new phase as a growing, vibrant Church of Ireland school with pupils from 24 different countries.
Bishop Colton’s remark that the school affirmed the importance of small schools such as South Abbey for the vitality of rural Ireland was greeted with loud applause. He said that the school also showed that a school under religious patronage – in this instance his as Church of Ireland Bishop – can be truly places of welcome, inclusion and tolerance in the experience of people of many nationalities and from diverse religious backgrounds. ‘Yours is a model Church of Ireland school’, he said.
South Abbey National School was originally built on the site of an early 13thC Franciscan Monastery in the town of Youghal , Co. Cork. From 1886 until 2011 it remained there until the school outgrew the old building. The school has grown from an enrolment of 9 pupils in 1998 to an expected enrolment of about 90 for next September
Passport to Family Learning
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin recently launched a new scheme called “Passport to Family Learning”. This allows free entry to a number of heritage sites around Dublin this summer. The Passport comes in the form of a small booklet. (this looks like a passport only friendlier!) The idea is simple, families pick up a copy of the Passport at the Cathedral and when they visit one of the participating sites they get their passport stamped. The challenge is to try and collect all the stamps from the eight different sites over the course of this summer.
The scheme offers a great solution to families who are looking for activities which are fun, educational and free! Only a 1000 passports are available for use this summer and they can be picked up at the Cathedral or through the office by sending a stamped, self–addressed envelope to; Education Department, St Patrick’s Cathedral, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8. More information can be found at www.stpatrickscathedral.ie
Six decades of devotion to most vulnerable children
The Newsletter recalls the influence of a lay woman in the C of I – Molly Popper came to Northern Ireland from her native Austria via London in 1952 to set up a mill business, but 60 years on her legacy is not the family trade, but one of the province’s most vital charities in tackling child poverty
This week
The Standing Committee of the General Synod and the Executive Committee of the Representative Church Body will meet in Church of Ireland House, Dublin, on Tuesday.
The re–scheduled West Glendalough Children’s Choral Festival takes place on Tuesday June 19. The service is at 11.00 am in St Mary’ Church, Blessington
On Wednesday in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, the lunchtime recital will be given by pianist, Gary O’Shea, who will play sonatas by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
The Down & Dromore Diocesan Synod will be held in Seagoe parish centre on Thursday 21st while in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, the Cathedral Choir will give a Summer Concert at 7.30pm
A lunchtime recital entitled ‘Music of Dean Swift’s Dublin’ with William Dowdall (flute) and David Adams (harpsichord) takes place in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street on June 21 at 1.15 pm. The recital will include sonatas by Roseingrave, Geminiani and Mr. Fischer’s Variations along with other rare gems from the National Library such as Dubourg’s Variations and more… Admission is free. For information contact 01 – 6767727.
On Thursday morning the Archbishop of Dublin will open the new building at the Model School, Athy, and in Friday evening he will address the Girls Friendly Society Conference in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
Priests’ group slams training college criticism
Irish Examiner – The Association of Catholic Priests has accused the Archbishop of New York of destroying the reputation of priests “who had given lifelong service to the Irish Catholic Church”. The ACP’s comments follow the leaking of Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s report on the Irish College in Rome. It formed part of Pope Benedict’s apostolic visitation of the Irish Church.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/priests-group-slams-training-college-criticism-197594.html
Church divisions on Irish College
Irish Times – When the Vatican in March released its summary of the the findings of apostolic visitation teams to Ireland, there was in it an echo, a hint, of the extraordinary report of one of its teams on the Irish College in Rome whose details were published by The Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0616/1224318056697.html