The children of St Mary’s Church of Ireland National Sschool in Carrigaline have been collecting pencil cases for distribution by the Mission Agency Us (formally USPG) to schools in Swaziland. At the Service in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline on Sunday 27th January, the Rev. Canon Richard Barlett from the Diocese of London and a member of the Board of Us, formally received these pencil cases, and thanked all the children on behalf of Us.
Pencil cases for Us in Swaziland
A gift of €100,000 from the Victoria Trust, a long established charity operated jointly by the main Protestant Churches in Cork – the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church – is enabling the refurbishment and much needed re-opening of an operating theatre at Cork’s South-Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH).
The Chairman of the Victoria Trust, the Right Reverend Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, announcing the gift, said:
These are difficult economic times for all our institutions not least healthcare institutions and charities. Our charity has been prudent in managing its resources during these hard times and has been on the look out for a project to support at the SIVUH with which we have always been associated. The re-opening of the operating theatre is essential and our charity is delighted to help.
Mr Gerard O’Callaghan, Chief Executive Officer of the SIVUH, welcoming the donation, said:
We have a long established relationship with the Victoria Trust which, in fact, owns part of our historic campus at the Hospital. The gift comes at a time when orthopaedic, plastic surgery and pain medicine services have been transferred to the SIVUH. The demand for operating theatre space has increased considerably and this gift will allow us to upgrade and re-open the Victoria Theatre at the Hospital.
The Bishop, the Right Reverend Paul Colton, joined youth workers for lunch at the Quality Hotel, Clonakilty on Saturday 26th January 2013 and afterwards thanked them for their work, before presenting certificates to those who recently completely FETAC training under the ‘Leaders in Training’ programme, and also to three youth workers who received Youthpass certificates under the European Commission Youth in Action Programme.
Pictured following the presentation of FETAC Leaders in Training Certificates are (l-r) Ivan McMahon, YMCA; Conor Murray, Carrigaline; Richard Anderson, Ross; Jean Roche, Bandon; Peter Coughlan, Carrigaline; and Amy Howe, Bandon; with Bishop Colton. (Unable to attend but also qualified are Pearl Beamish and Caroline Bradfield).
The Bishop presented Youthpass Certificates to (l-r) Kristin Hollowell, Laura Jennings and Tracy Chambers.
On Sunday 27th January, 2013, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Paul Colton attended the Episcopal Ordination of the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne in St Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh. During the liturgy, Bishop Colton (right) greeted the new Bishop, the Most Reverend William Crean (left). Photo: Denis Hyland
The Chaplaincy Team at the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a Prayer Service recently in the Hospital Chapel. Among those present were (l-r): Sr Bernadette Eames, Sr Margaret O’Keeffe, the Rev. Geraldine Gracie, the Rev. Daniel Nuzum, Ms Anne Bermingham (Director of Pastoral Care), Ms Mary Egan, Archdeacon Robin Bantry White, Sr Claire O’Driscoll, and Fr Sean Donoghue.
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