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2019 Ecumenical Service on the Day of Pentecost to be held in Magheracloone, Co Monaghan
On the afternoon of Sunday, 9th June 2019 at 3pm, the Feast of Pentecost, the annual ecumenical service that has customarily been led by both Bishops of Clogher will take place at St Molua’s Church of Ireland church, Magheracloone, Co Monaghan.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher, Most Reverend Lawrence Duffy (a native of Magheracloone) and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher, Right Reverend John McDowell, will lead the special service, together with local clergy, including Right Reverend Joseph McGuinness PP, VG, Carrickmacross and Administrator of Magheracloone and Reverend Colin McConaghie, Rector of Carrickmacross, Magheracloone and Ardragh. Bishop Duffy will give the address.
St Molua’s church is situated just off the Carrickmacross-Kingscourt road (R 179), just past the Magheracloone GAA grounds. Car parking will be available in the vicinity of the church.
Refreshments will be served afterwards.
St Molua’s church, which dates from 1824, stands at the ancient site of Christian worship in the Parish of Magheracloone. The ecumenical service on Pentecost Sunday draws us to reflect on the origins of the Church on that first Pentecost and the Christian heritage that is shared among the various denominations today.
St Molua is the patron of the Parish of Magheracloone. Devotion to him locally probably developed from a cult that grew from his travels across Ireland, especially from the Monastery of Bangor. According to the annals he was born, possibly in what is now Co Limerick, in 554 and is said to have died in 609. He is also associated with other parishes in the diocese, including Kilmore and Drumsnatt and Muckno.
A warm invitation is extended to all to join in this service.
St. Molua's Church of Ireland at Magheracloone Co. Monaghan.