Glenstal abbot blessing likely in November
The new abbot of Glenstal Abbey is likely to be formally installed in early November, The Irish Catholic understands. Ennis-born Fr Brendan Coffey was elected the sixth abbot of the Co. Limerick monastery on Saturday, August 13, succeeding Mark Patrick Hederman. The election was presided over by Abbot Ansgar Schmidt, Abbot President of the Congregation of the Annunciation, the family of Benedictine monasteries to which Glenstal belongs.
The ceremonial installation of the new abbot, known as an ‘abbatial blessing’ will take place before renovation works in the abbey church are complete, which is expected to happen by late October.
Radharc Awards 2016
The Radharc Trust is inviting entries for this year’s Radharc Awards, to be presented on October 20. The Radharc Awards aim to recognise television documentaries of outstanding quality that address national or international topics of social justice, history, morality and faith. There is an additional award for similar short documentaries produced for digital media.
Clogher clerical changes
The Diocese of Clogher has announced new appointments to take effect from September 2.
Very Rev. Canon John McKenna PP Trillick to be PE Trillick; Very Rev. Sean Nolan PP Errigal Truagh to be PE Donaghmoyne; Very Rev. Terence Connolly PP Eskra to be PE Eskra; Very Rev. Noel McGahan PP Clogher to also be PP Eskra; Rev. Michael Jordan CC Donaghmoyne to be CC Carrickmacross; Rev. Pádraig McKenna CC Carrickmacross to be PP Trillick; Rev. John Chester CC Monaghan to be PP Roslea; Rev. John Flanagan CC Roslea to be PP Errigal Truagh; Rev. Stephen Joyce CC Monaghan to be CC Tydavnet, and also Chaplain to St Macartan’s College, Beech Hill College and St Louis Secondary School Monaghan; Rev. Ian Fee CC Enniskillen to be CC Magh Ene (the Rock) combined with responsibility for One Day Retreats on Lough Derg; Rev. Martin O’Reilly Eskra released to work in the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, USA; Rev. Martin Donnelly CC Magh Ene to return to the Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales; Rev. Stephen Duffy newly ordained to be CC Monaghan; Rev. Kevin Malcolmson newly ordained to be CC Monaghan.