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Irish Independent
4 days ago
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- Irish Independent
See pictures from Courtown's Sea Sunday
Locals gathered anticipating the unusual event, on Sunday, July 13 for Courtown's annual Sea Sunday. Organised by Elaine Hernandez, she said she was inspired by her friends who hosted a similar event. 'We were looking for new ideas for Sea Sunday. We thought that we had the ideal location in the harbour that we could release the ducks from one bridge and have them go to the other. 'We are absolutely delighted that we raised just shy of €5,000. It was absolutely fantastic and the weather was lovely,' she said. The race saw spectators line out across the harbour, anticipating the fun. 'There were people all across the pedestrian bridge, the stone bridge and all out at the back of Flanagan's Wharf. It really was the ideal location to be able to spectate safely,' Elaine said. She also ensured no ducks were lost at sea, rounding them up shortly after the race. 'None of them are gone to Wales that we know of,' she added. The rubber duck race was apart of Sea Sunday, organised by the RNLI fundraising committee, where the blessing of the boats also took place to honour local members of the community whose lives were lost at sea. Alongside this, the community also celebrated Diversity Day. Elaine thanked the members of the community with selling and promoting the fundraiser. 'It was really well supported. There were lads going around with duck hats and t-shirts, so we were all gone mad. They were all going around saying what's the quack, instead of the craic. 'I had seen it in other places, and we had never attempted to do something as extravagant as it,' she said.
Herald Malaysia
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Herald Malaysia
Cardinal Czerny asks Church to remember seafarers on Sea Sunday
In his message for Sea Sunday, the second Sunday of July, Cardinal Michael Czerny recognizes seafarers as 'pilgrims of hope' and calls on Catholics to shine a light on the global economy and its effects on those who work on ships and in ports. Jun 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Container ship crosses the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal By Christopher WellsBasing his reflection on the insight of Vatican II that whatever is genuinely human resonates in the hearts of Christians, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, assures 'all those who work at sea… that they are in the heart of the Church; they are not alone in their demands for justice, dignity, and joy.'Questioning the global economy In his Message for Sea Sunday—observed each year on the second Sunday of July—Cardinal Czerny insists that the Good News of the Risen Christ demands that Christians question 'even more radically… the existing order, because the Kingdom of God calls us to conversion.' So, he continues, 'the whole Church is called to consider how people work in ports and on ships today, with what rights, under what conditions, with what material and spiritual assistance.' In concrete terms, Cardinal Czerny calls on Catholics 'to shine some light on what lies behind our economies, on those who make them work on a daily basis, often not benefitting from them at all and indeed exposing themselves to discrimination and danger.' Seafarers as 'pilgrims of hope' He goes on to express a desire to recognize seafarers as 'pilgrims of hope' who 'embody the desire of every human being… to live a life of dignity, through work, exchange, encounters.' Hope, the Cardinal explains, 'must always remind us of our goal: we are not wanderers without a destiny, but daughters and sons whose dignity no one and nothing can ever erase.' And because we are all brothers and sisters coming from and returning to the same home, 'we can hope.' 'Already today, solidarity among ourselves and among all living beings can be stronger and more alive', Cardinal Czerny says. The sea calls us to conversion After thanking seafarers and their colleagues, whatever their religious or cultural affiliations, the prefect tells them, for being pilgrims of hope, the prefect invites them 'to be bridges even between enemy countries, prophets of peace'. And at the same time he asks ecclesial communities, and especially dioceses encompassing seas, rivers, or lakes, 'to promote attention to the Sea as a physical and spiritual environment that calls us to conversion.'--Vatican News
