Environmental Award For Carrigaline Parish

Writes Barry Cogan

Bishop Fintan Gavin was in Carrigaline Parish Church on Sunday 12th February to present a special environmental award to the parish.

In recent years the parish has worked consistently to become more sustainable and eco friendly. The award was presented by Eco-Congregation Ireland

to Parish Council Chairperson Janet Twomey at the Church of Our Lady and St John.

Bishop Fintan Gavin was in Carrigaline Parish Church on Sunday 12th February to present a special environmental award to the parish. In recent years the parish has worked consistently to become more sustainable and eco friendly. The award was presented by Eco-Congregation Ireland to Parish Council Chairperson J

This award is the culmination of a lot of work since the Pope’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, which has generated a huge amount of awareness around the future of the earth. Carrigaline Parish has worked tirelessly over the last number of years to address the climate justice issue and have done a number of activities, such as establishing a Care of the Earth Group, raising awareness of the climate crisis and praying for it as Mass, giving out seeds and making sure that the parish has pollinator friendly plants. A spokesperson for the parish described their efforts and a lot done but so much more to do.