Since 1858, St Patrick’s Church Kenmare has been a place of workshop, ministry and welcome to all, whoever they may be, from wherever they come. This has become increasingly important over the last few years, as the town has become a major international tourist attraction, situatuated not only on the Wild Atlantic Way but also forming the ‘jewel’ in the ring of Kerry and a gateway to the ring of Beara. The regular congregation itself is equally multinational, with current membership including no less than eight different birth nations – and in the tourist season, we share worship and fellowship with tours from countries all over the world.
We now wish to further develop the use of our beautiful historic building as an asset for the wider community, to host concerts and presentations; and we have received planning permission to extend the church in order to provide suitably accessible toilet and entrance facilities.
This plan requires a major funding programme to achieve the target cost of nearly €300,000 – and to put it bluntly, in the current economic climate, despite a number of funding initiatives, we will struggle to raise that kind of sum on our own.
We therefore are asking you to prayerfully consider helping us financially, either in person by coming a ‘Friend of St. Patrick’ or, as a Church, perhaps creating a twinning arrangement. In either case, in turn we shall provide regular updates on the building programme and reports on the various events – and most of all, invite you to visit and share worship and fellowship in this most beautiful part of the world.
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