Bishop Ken Nowakowski makes a pastoral visit to Ireland
On July 13–16, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainians in Ireland and Northern Ireland, together with Fr. Andriy Malysh and Fr. Vitaliy Fedun, made a pastoral visit to Ireland. The bishop visited the Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish in Dublin, where this year, for the first time, the children participated in “Joyful Holidays with God.”
Meeting of Bishop Ken at the parish in Dublin, July 16, 2023
This was reported on the Facebook pages of the Eparchy of the Holy Family in London and the UGCC in Ireland.
The visit began on Friday, July 14, with a meeting with the clergy of the UGCC in Ireland and the Divine Liturgy in the monastery of the Redemptorist Fathers in Limerick. The Liturgy was attended by many faithful, including recently arrived Ukrainians. They also had the opportunity to speak with the bishop.
On Saturday, July 15, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, hosted Bishop Kenneth at his residence in Dublin.
Later that day, Bishop Kenneth met with Ukrainian children who participated in the first children’s camp, “Joyful Holidays with God,” which took place from July 10 to 16 at the parish of the Blessed Martyr Mykola Charnetsky of the UGCC in Dublin. On Sunday, July 16, at the same parish, which functions at the Roman Catholic parish of the Consolation of Our Lady, Bishop Kenneth presided over the Divine Liturgy.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the bishop said that on September 1, 2023, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ireland will switch to the Gregorian calendar.
