A centrefold spread in the ‘Diocesan Magazine’ for February 2019 (Photographs: Patrick Comerford)
Patrick Comerford
In my monthly column for two church magazines – the Church Review (Dublin and Glendalough) and the Diocesan Magazine (Cashel, Ferns and Ossory) – I look this month (February 2019) at the growing resistance in many places to mass tourism.
My ideas were developed during a recent visit to Venice, where many people feel the city has been blighted by mass tourism, and that this is a problem compounding the many other problems Venice faces. Some people wonder whether Venice is sinking not just beneath the rising waters of the Lagoon but under the daily tide of day-visitors.
As well as a seven-page feature in the main part of the Diocesan Magazine, the editor has also presented a double-page, centre-fold spread of photographs from Venice.
In his editorial, the editor of the Diocesan Magazine, the Revd Patrick Burke of Castlecomer, writes:
‘Patrick Comerford this month raises the interesting issue of sustainable tourism, looking to the beautiful city of Venice as an example. It is an interesting and difficult problem. On the one hand we learn much from travelling to other places – as the old saying goes, travel broadens the mind; on the other hand, there are the carbon footprints we are being warned about so frequently these days, not to mention the potential damage done to iconic destinations by ever-expanding streams of visitors to them, fuelled by the relatively recent phenomenon of low cost air travel. Views on the issue may vary; but as always Patrick discusses the matter thoughtfully – and illustrates his article with stunning photographs.’
But, more about Venice, its beauty and its problems, over the next few days.
02 February 2019
February in the Rathkeale and
Kilnaughtin Group of Parishes
The Presentation or Candlemas … a stained glass window in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Sunday 3 February 2019 (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, the Presentation):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), Morning Prayer.
Readings: Malachi 3: 1-5; Psalm 24: 1-10; Hebrews 2: 14-18; Luke 2: 22-40.
Hymns:
52, Christ, whose glory fills the skies (CD 4)
119, Come, thou long-expected Jesus (CD 8)
691, Faithful vigil ended (CD 39)
Sunday 10 February 2019 (The Fourth Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Castletown Church, Kilcornan, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Morning Prayer.
Readings: Isaiah 6: 1-8; Psalm 138; I Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5: 1-11.
Hymns:
321, Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty (CD 19)
358, King of glory, King of peace (CD 21)
395, When Jesus taught by Galilee (CD 48)
Sunday 17 February 2019 (The Third Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Morning Prayer;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin, Holy Communion.
With the Dean of Killaloe, the Very Revd Gary Paulsen.
Readings: Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Psalm 1; I Corinthians 15: 12-20; Luke 6: 17-26.
Hymns:
10, All my hope on God is founded (CD 1)
553, Jesu, love of my soul (CD 32)
324, God, whose almighty word (CD 19)
Sunday 24 February 2019 (The Second Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Castletown Church, Kilcornan, Morning Prayer;
11.30 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Holy Communion.
Readings: Genesis 2: 4b-9, 15-25; Psalm 65; Revelation 4; Luke 8: 22-35.
Hymns:
58, Morning has broken (CD 4)
612, Eternal Father, strong to save (CD 35)
346, Angel voices, ever singing (CD 21)
Sunday 3 March 2019 (The Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), Morning Prayer.
Readings: Exodus 34: 29-35; Psalm 99; II Corinthians 3: 12 to 4: 2; Luke 9: 28-36 (37-43).
Hymns:
325, Be still, for the presence of the Lord (CD 20)
634, Love divine, all loves excelling (CD 36)
374, When all thy mercies, O my God (CD 22)
Ash Wednesday 2019 (6 March):
8 p.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion and Ashing.
Readings: Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51: 1-18; II Corinthians 5: 20b to 6: 10; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21.
Hymns:
535, Judge eternal, throned in splendour (CD 31)
586, Just as I am, thine own to be (CD 33)
Saints’ Days in February:
1 February: Saint Brigid of Kildare
Sunday 3 February 2019 (The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, the Presentation):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), Morning Prayer.
Readings: Malachi 3: 1-5; Psalm 24: 1-10; Hebrews 2: 14-18; Luke 2: 22-40.
Hymns:
52, Christ, whose glory fills the skies (CD 4)
119, Come, thou long-expected Jesus (CD 8)
691, Faithful vigil ended (CD 39)
Sunday 10 February 2019 (The Fourth Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Castletown Church, Kilcornan, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Morning Prayer.
Readings: Isaiah 6: 1-8; Psalm 138; I Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5: 1-11.
Hymns:
321, Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty (CD 19)
358, King of glory, King of peace (CD 21)
395, When Jesus taught by Galilee (CD 48)
Sunday 17 February 2019 (The Third Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Morning Prayer;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin, Holy Communion.
With the Dean of Killaloe, the Very Revd Gary Paulsen.
Readings: Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Psalm 1; I Corinthians 15: 12-20; Luke 6: 17-26.
Hymns:
10, All my hope on God is founded (CD 1)
553, Jesu, love of my soul (CD 32)
324, God, whose almighty word (CD 19)
Sunday 24 February 2019 (The Second Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Castletown Church, Kilcornan, Morning Prayer;
11.30 a.m. Holy Trinity Church, Rathkeale, Holy Communion.
Readings: Genesis 2: 4b-9, 15-25; Psalm 65; Revelation 4; Luke 8: 22-35.
Hymns:
58, Morning has broken (CD 4)
612, Eternal Father, strong to save (CD 35)
346, Angel voices, ever singing (CD 21)
Sunday 3 March 2019 (The Sunday before Lent):
9.30 a.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion;
11.30 a.m. Saint Brendan’s Church, Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), Morning Prayer.
Readings: Exodus 34: 29-35; Psalm 99; II Corinthians 3: 12 to 4: 2; Luke 9: 28-36 (37-43).
Hymns:
325, Be still, for the presence of the Lord (CD 20)
634, Love divine, all loves excelling (CD 36)
374, When all thy mercies, O my God (CD 22)
Ash Wednesday 2019 (6 March):
8 p.m. Saint Mary’s Church, Askeaton, Holy Communion and Ashing.
Readings: Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51: 1-18; II Corinthians 5: 20b to 6: 10; Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21.
Hymns:
535, Judge eternal, throned in splendour (CD 31)
586, Just as I am, thine own to be (CD 33)
Saints’ Days in February:
1 February: Saint Brigid of Kildare
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