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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 10 April, 2015
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Ordination of Fr. Cullinan as Bishop THE Episcopal Ordination of Father Alphonsus Cullinan as Bishop of Waterford and Lismore will take place on Sunday, 12th April, 2015 (Divine Mercy Sunday) at 3.00 p.m., at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford. In attendance will be laity, religious, clergy, family and guests, while Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be represented at the ordination. The Chief Ordaining Prelate will be Bishop William Lee, Bishop Emeritus of Waterford and Lismore, who will be assisted by Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly, Archbishop of Cashel & Emily and the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Charles Brown. The Apostolic Mandate from His Holiness, Pope Francis, will be read by Monsignor Nicholas O’Mahony PP, the Administrator of the Diocese Waterford & Lismore. The sermon for this ordination ceremony will be preached by Monsignor Michael Olden. Concelebrating the Mass will be twentynine bishops including: Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland; Archbishop Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam; priests of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore; and priests of the Diocese of Limerick. Other Christian denominations in the Waterford area will be represented at this Mass including from the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; the Methodist Church in Ireland; the Russian Orthodox; and the Coptic Churches. Local city bands will perform outside the Cathedral before the Mass begins. The choir for the ceremony will comprise the Waterford Cathedral Senior Choir, Cathedral Youth Choir, members
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Fr. Alphonsus Cullinan, who will be ordained the new Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on Sunday next. of the Waterford Male Voice Choir, to be accompanied by organist Cecilia Keogh. De La Salle College Choir and the joint Cathedral’s Gospel Choir will also sing at the ceremony and the Waterford City Brass Band will also accompany the choirs for some of hymns. Members of the Bishop Cullinan’s family will sing the Psalm. Fr. Cullinan is a Lahinch native, born in 1959 to Christy and Rita and has four sisters and five brothers. His family moved to Limerick city where he attended the Salesians for early education, John F. Kennedy National School and the Crescent College Comprehensive (SJ) for his secondary education. He was curate in Saint Munchin’s Parish Limerick city where he ministered from 1995 to 1996, followed by an appointment as chaplain to the Regional Hospital in Limerick, ministering in the hospital from 1996 until 2001. He studied for his doctorate in moral theology in the Alfonsianum in Rome from 2001 until 2004. On his return to Ireland Father Cullinan was appointed chaplain to the Limerick Institute of Technology for seven years from 2004 until 2011. Father Cullinan’s most recent appointment was in 2011 as Parish Priest of Rathkeale in County Limerick.
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Clashmore Tidy Towns to receive new lawnmower A WATERFORD Councillor has welcomed news that a new lawnmower will soon be handed over to Clashmore Tidy Towns Group. Cllr.Tom Cronin told the Dungarvan Observer that Clashmore Tidy Towns will soon be the recipient of a new industrial lawnmower worth around €1,500. “I want to acknowledge that Clashmore Tidy Towns will be receiving the lawnmower either this week, or next week,” said Cllr. Cronin. “This will be of enormous benefit to Tidy Towns in Clashmore, enabling the cutting of grass around the village and in the housing estates,” he added.
Bobby Gardiner, recipient of the TG4 Gradam Cheoil Lifetime Achivement award, pictured here with his daughter Fiona and TG4 host, Daithí Ó Sé. Bobby will be performing at a special celebration concert in Ballyduff on April 25th.
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