REPRO FREE.
24/02/2020.
Pictured are, , at the 150th anniversary commemorations of the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland, at Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork.
Bishop Paul Colton, with the support of chaplains at the three diocesan second level schools (Ashton School, Bandon Grammar School and Midleton College), has invited drama students to join him and some of the clergy of the Diocese in period costume to re-enact that moment on 19th February 1870 when his predecessor, Bishop John Gregg, read aloud the first draft of the Preamble and Declaration – a statement of fundamental characteristics in the belief and governance of the Church of Ireland, affirming its continuity with both the ‘Ancient Catholic and Apostolic Church of Ireland’ and also its character as ‘a reformed and Protestant church.
Picture: Jim Coughlan