Parishioners from Cork Parish are ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

It’s official – Ireland’s Fittest Family are the Kingston family from Nohoval Parish in the Diocese of Cork.  On Sunday 2nd November, RTE One broadcast the final of this gripping television show – Ireland’s Fittest Family – a nail-biting final between the Mulhare family and the team of four Kingstons:  Peter (the Dad), Jessica, Richard and Luke. All four also attended Bandon Grammar School.  Their coach was Derval O’Rourke (Irish Olympian, international sprint hurdler and holder of the Irish record in the 60m and 100m hurdles).

Huge congratulations from us all in Cork, Cloyne and Ross!

Ireland's Fittest Family l-r RIchard Kingston, Jessica Kingston, Derval O'Rourke (their coach), Peter Kingston and Luke Kingston.

Ireland’s Fittest Family l-r Richard Kingston, Jessica Kingston, Derval O’Rourke (their coach), Peter Kingston and Luke Kingston.

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New Canon for St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork and St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Ross

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, has announced today that he has appointed the Reverend Trevor Lester, Rector of Kilmoe Union of Parishes (Schull, County Cork) to be a Canon of both St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, and also St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Rosscarbery.

Canon Lester will be Prebendary of Dromdaleague and Kilnaglory in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork and Prebendary of The Island in St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Ross.  These are the stalls vacated recently by Canon Paul Willoughby when he was appointed representative Canon from Cork, Cloyne and Ross at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.  Canon Willoughby also now becomes Canon Treasurer of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Cork.

The Reverend Trevor Lester

The Reverend Trevor Lester

Canon Lester was ordained in 1989 and served first in the auxiliary ministry in Cork Diocese.  He then transferred to wholetime stipendiary ministry and, having been Bishop’s Vicar in St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny he returned to Cork as iIncumbent of Abbeystrewry Union from 1995 to 2003.  From 2003 to 2011  he was Dean of Waterford and returned to his native Diocese in 2011 to serve in Kilmoe Union in West Cork.

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Cork, Cloyne and Ross Clergy Conference 2014

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Another excellent series of addresses were the hallmark of this year’s Cork, Cloyne and Ross Clergy Conference at Ballylickey, near Bantry, County Cork.  The speaker was the Reverend Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard, co-founder of IntoUniversity and former Area Dean of Kensington in the Diocese of London.  Hugh, philosopher and author, took the theme: Jesus Teaching on the Kingdom and the Life of the Church.

Clergy from Cork, Cloyne and Ross with the Reverend Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard (front row fourth from right) at the Church of St Brendan the Navigator, Bantry, following their annual clergy conference. (Photo: Paul Colton).

Clergy from Cork, Cloyne and Ross with the Reverend Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard (front row fourth from right) at the Church of St Brendan the Navigator, Bantry, following their annual clergy conference. (Photo: Paul Colton).

Clergy from Cork, Cloyne and Ross with Bishop Paul Colton at the Church of St Brendan the Navigator, Bantry, following their annual clergy conference. (Photo: Hugh Rayment-Pickard).

Clergy from Cork, Cloyne and Ross with Bishop Paul Colton at the Church of St Brendan the Navigator, Bantry, following their annual clergy conference. (Photo: Hugh Rayment-Pickard).

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Church of Ireland Clergy Join in Golden Jubilee of RC Church in Blackrock, Cork

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Church of Ireland parishioners of St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock joined to celebrate with neighbours in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church as part of the church’s Golden Jubilee.  This year marks 50 years since the rebuilding of St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, the original building having been destroyed by a fire.  As part of the Jubilee Celebrations, an ecumenical service was held on Sunday 19th October.

Clergy at the Ecumenical Service in St MIchael's Roman Catholic Church, Blackrock, Cork.

Clergy at the Ecumenical Service in St MIchael’s Roman Catholic Church, Blackrock, Cork.

Members of the two parishes dedicated to St. Michael gathered together in celebration and in friendship, a theme reflected in the prayers led by Fr Kieran Twomey and Canon Tadhg Ó Mathúna.  The St. Michael’s Church Folk Group lent their voices to the singing of hymns reflecting again a shared vision of friendship and Christian fellowship.  Preaching at the service Archdeacon Wilkinson said:

The links of respect and solidarity between us as Christian Churches in Blackrock are long-standing and mature. When the earlier church on this site was burned down in 1962, the then rector Archdeacon Hutchinson, with characteristic ecumenical generosity, immediately offered the use of St. Michael’s Church on Church Road as a place for worship. In today’s world where the choice often presented is between faith and no faith, it will be all the more important that the Churches can witness together to their shared faith in Jesus Christ.

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Midleton College To Host 3-Day Irish Senior Schools’ Hockey Competition

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Midleton College will play host this week to all the schools that have qualified for the Irish Schoolboys’ Hockey Competition.  Although Midleton College is the host school, the scale of the competition is such that the 29 matches will be played at 5 different venues including Garryduff Sports Club, UCC Mardyke arena, Ashton School and Bandon Grammar School, as well as at the Midleton College campus.  The first matches are at 12 noon on Wednesday, 22nd October and the final will be played at Garryduff Sports Centre on Friday, 24th October at 2.30 p.m.

Matches are open to the public and the full schedule of games, with venues and times is here: Irish Schools’ Hockey

Midleton College - the Cairns Hockey Pitch

Midleton College – the Cairns Hockey Pitch

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