Restoration and Renewal at Old Leighlin: Pastoral and Liturgical Perspectives
THE CAPTIVATING title of Richard Giles’ recent workshop on unhelpful liturgical spaces, ‘When the Shoe Pinches’, is one that aptly summarises the challenges of Saint Laserian’s cathedral, which hosted this occasion. A 12th century building with haphazard layers of architectural accretions, it presents an intriguing edifice of inspiration, rugged beauty and frustration.
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Tom Gordon
is Dean of Leighlin and director of Adult Education and Continuing Ministry Education for the diocese of Cashel and Ossory.