Bishops rarely interest me beyond a sigh at their latest snipe at women or #LGBT. Or even worse, their grudging small concessions.

But #PaulColton was different. As #ChurchOfIreland Bishop of #Cork, Cloyne & Ross, Paul was an unequivocal supporter of gay rights. In 2003, he called for the church to ask for forgiveness of #gay people: https://www.churchofireland.org/news/1099/gay-debate-churchs-bluff-is

In the 2010s, he supported marriage equality.

Paul was the last #CoI bishop to have served in the 20th century. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0418/1568964-bishop-colton-retirement/

“How we pray and worship as Christians is rooted in our belief in the Trinity, that God is One and God is Three; it is what unites us as Christians; it is what makes our faith distinctive; and - as we have seen in our reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans - this is the God revealed in the Scriptures.”

#TrinitySunday #HolyTrinity #Christianity #MysteriesOfFaith #FeastDay #Episcopal #EpiscopalChurch #Anglican #ChurchOfIreland

http://laudablepractice.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-we-celebrate-trinity-sunday.html

🦋 Enjoy Puccini’s ENCHANTING Humming Chorus at our Evening of Opera! 🌸

🎟️ Tickets on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025 / or on the door

#DLCS #dlcschoral #Puccini #HummingChorus #AnEveningOfOpera #opera #semistaged #Monkstown #churchofireland

🔔 Delight in Leoncavello’s JOYFUL Bell Chorus at our Evening of Opera! 🔔

🎟️ Tickets available now from Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025 / at door

#dlcs #dlcschoral #Leoncavello #BellChorus #monkstown #churchofireland #southdublin #choral

@barrymward.bsky.social @dunlaoghairetown.bsky.social

✨ Revel in the POWER of Verdi’s ‘Va, Pensiero’ at our Evening of Opera ✨

🎟️ Tickets on sale now from Eventbrite:

https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025

#dlcs #dlcschoral #AnEveningOfOpera #Verdi #VaPensiero #monkstown #monkstownvillage #churchofireland #dunlaoghairechoralsociety #dunlaoghaire #dunlaoghaireconsort #southdublin

Join us for the unmissable drama of Opera!

When: Sunday 25 May @ 7.30 PM

Where: Church of Ireland, Monkstown, Co. Dublin

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025

#dunlaoghairechoralsociety #dlcs #dlcschoral #mascagni #opera #monkstown #monkstownvillage #churchofireland #love #betrayal #loss #passion #joy #hope #serenity

1858 – Baronscourt Church of Ireland, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Clarke & Bell

Unusual and charming small Church of Ireland with traceried windows - their smaller size probably making the roof lights necessary. Described by Rowan as 'essentially English' but drawings exist f
https://www.archiseek.com/1858-baronscourt-church-of-ireland-newtownstewart-co-tyrone/
#ArchitectureOfTyrone #1858 #Baronscourt #ChurchOfIreland #churches #ClarkeBell #CoTyrone #Newtownstewart

1965 – Church of Ireland, Knocknaconey, Belfast
Architect: Desmond Hodges & Ian Campbell

A modern church with parish hall in what was then a newer suburb of Belfast. Both buildings have large amounts of glazing giving them bright and expansive interiors. The roof stru
https://www.archiseek.com/1965-church-of-ireland-knocknaconey-belfast/
#ArchitectureOfBelfast #1865 #ArchitectureOfBelfast #BelfastChurches #ChurchOfIreland #churches #DesmondHodges19282012 #IanCampbell19252020

Goodness, what do I know about my #family history, that can be recapitulated in readable toots?

We're a mostly non-religious #Protestant Irish family - #ChurchOfIreland - with main roots in what's now the #RepublicofIreland.

Non-religious we may be, but my Grandad (mother's father), Brian Snow, was a #CoI archdeacon working mainly in the west of #Ireland. He came to his vocation in his forties. He was quite high-church, and extremely #ecumenical, and that was much appreciated by his #Catholic neighbours and friends. He specialised in pastoral work - helping families with problems, visiting the sick and elderly, and so on. I remember being blessed by him at a service when I was a child, kneeling at the altar after communion. I'm not a member of the church, and I was too young to take communion in any case. But mainly I remember buzzing around County #Limerick with him in his Ford Fiesta, visiting people and being given cups of tea and biscuits by his parishioners.