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Category Archives: Community Involvement
Young People of Rosscarbery Host Supper for Simon Community
On Saturday 24th November, the Youth Group in Ross Union of Parishes, Rosscarbery, County Cork, held a supper in aid of the Simon Community. The young people prepared and served a two course meal, sold raffle tickets and cleared up … Continue reading
Olive Trees for First World War Commemorations in Schools of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
In the week before 11th November 2018, the centenary of the Armistice at the end of the First World War in 1918, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, arranged to distribute an olive tree to each school in the … Continue reading
Service to Commemorate the Centenary of the End of the First World War held in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork was full on Sunday afternoon, 11th November, for a Service to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The citizens of Cork were led by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork, … Continue reading
Oration by Bishop Paul Colton at the War Memorial in Cork to mark the end of the First World War
Oration delivered on Remembrance Sunday, 11th November, 2018 at the War Memorial in Cork To mark the Centenary of the end of the First World War delivered by The Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton Bishop of Cork You have honoured … Continue reading
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Names of All 4200 Cork Casualties of WWI will be on Public View in One Place for the first time in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral on 11th November
There is no one memorial in Cork to the c. 4,200 casualties from Cork City and County. ‘There should be’ says Bishop Paul Colton, the Church of Ireland Bishop, ‘but there isn’t.’ On Sunday afternoon, 11th November, however, all the … Continue reading
‘Olive Trees’ at centre of First World War Centenary Assemblies in Schools in Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Following up on an idea given to him by Eunice Jeffers, in Dunmanway, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, decided to present each school in the Diocese with an olive tree – a symbol of peace and reconciliation. These … Continue reading
Music for Centenary of End of First World War at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
On Sunday, 11th November, the centenary of Armistice Day 1918, marking the end of the First World War, the first sounds will be of a bell and silence. On each of the four minutes leading up to the eleventh hour … Continue reading
