The interactive experience and audio tour at St Mary’s Collegiate Church in Youghal, Co. Cork has attracted many visitors since its installation in May 2021. In this week’s episode of “People and Places” Canon Andrew Orr offers us a taste of what we can expect from the interactive tour. To get the full experience visit St Mary’s Collegiate Church and ask for the audioguide.
Watch the video here.
On Friday 27th August from 9am to 12 Noon, the Mallow Farmers’ Market opened for the first time in its new home in the grounds of St James’s Church, Mallow. Welcoming the market to the church grounds, the Rector, the Reverend Meurig Williams said:
This is a great opportunity for us to be hospitable, not only to the local producers and growers who have stalls in the market, but people from the town and further afield.
Commenting on the environmental significance of farmers’ markets, the Rector said:
At a time when we are conscious of the need to cut down on food miles, I hope the people of Mallow and the surrounding area will support the market and our local growers – and then stay around the town to use other shops and businesses too.
Photos used with permission from Mallow Farmers’ Market
As part of Heritage Week, environmental educator Ted Cook gave a talk in the grounds of St Coleman’s Church, Macroom on Sunday 15th August. It was a fascinating look into the history of the church, which closed in the early 1990s. During the entertaining, enlightening but also poignant talk, music was played from the recently serviced organ in St Andrew’s Church, Kilmurry. Present at the event were Monsignor James O’Donnell from Macroom Roman Catholic Parish and Priest-in-charge, the Rev. David Bowles.
After the talk, Ted Cook presented the Rev. Bowles with the autobiography of A.J.S. (Stephen) Brady’s, ‘The Briar of Life’, who was the son of the rector of Macroom, Rev. Albert Brady in the early 1900s.
The Rev. David Bowles extended his gratitude to Ted Cook for organising such an interesting event.
To paraphrase Thucydides, the people make the diocese, not the buildings alone. With this in mind a video series called “People and Places” is launching today, Monday 23rd August. It focuses on the many different aspects of church life in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
The series will journey across the diocese and capture the diversity of roles and activities that take place. The aim is to visualise the network that is the Church of Ireland in Cork, Cloyne and Ross and how the people are at the very centre of this network. The connection of people to their local and wider communities, as well as to the many different places and buildings in the diocese will also be a central aspect of the series.
The videos are posted on Mondays and can be viewed on the Church of Ireland in Cork, Cloyne and Ross YouTube channel as well as on Facebook.
The first video of the series is about the newly built Carraig Centre in Carrigrohane Union and the Rev. Robert Ferris’s work there within the local community.
During the months of July and August, Fanlobbus Union, Co. Cork organised twenty-four hours of prayer in each of their four churches; Dunmanway, Drimoleague, Drinagh and Coolkelure.
Each day of prayer started at 12.00 noon on Friday and finished at 12.00 noon on Saturday. Throughout the day there were fixed times for Holy Communion, Morning and Evening Prayer, as well as fifteen prayer stations in each church to reflect on different topics and guide attendants in their prayers.
Between twenty-five and forty-five people of all ages attended each of the churches, with many coming for the services and staying on to use the prayer stations. A virtual tour of the prayer stations can be viewed on the Fanlobbus Facebook page.
The Rev. Cliff Jeffers said:
The purpose of these days of prayer was to encourage the church to pray for our priorities for the future as we approach the re-opening of our activities later this year. The feedback from these days of prayer is being processed by a mission and ministry group in the parish. Going forward, this will help to clarify the parish vision for the next phase of ministry and activity in Fanlobbus Union of Parishes
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