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The diocese yesterday bade farewell to retired Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan at a peaceful and hwarming Requiem Mass in Galway Cathedral.

The very fabric of our society is coming under the microscope at present with cutbacks threatening every aspect of our lives — even our religious services.

A Vatican plan to reshuffle some of the smaller dioceses in Ireland could have a serious affect on the Diocese of Ossory and on the number of bishops who are currently employed in this country.

The diocese of Ossory has re-launched the diocesan website, www.ossory.ie.

An ecumenical memorial service will be held in St Canice’s Cathedral on Sunday August 1, 2010 at 3.30pm for the late Mrs Nichola Lynas.

The first ever female Dean of Ossory was installed at a ceremony celebrated at St Canice’s Cathedral on Friday last.

Pictured at the launch of the Heritage Council’s, ‘Significant Places of Public Worship Grant’ for St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny are, Trevor Stacey from the Representative Church Body of the Church of Ireland; Michael Starrett, chief executive of the Heritage Council; and Fr Paddy Jones of the Catholic Church’s Sacred Art and Architecture Committee.

For the first time in the history of St Canice’s Cathedral a woman has been elected as the dean of the Church of Ireland Cathedral in Kilkenny.

St Mary’s Church and graveyard are to be bought by the local authorities in Kilkenny from the Church of Ireland in what is seen to be an important move for the conservation of heritage in the Marble City.