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Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water as a form of recreation, exercise or survival. It has numerous health benefits and is good for all ages and all levels of fitness. It is among the top public recreational activities. One can swim in the sea, the lake or river.

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water as a form of recreation, exercise or survival. It has numerous health benefits and is good for all ages and all levels of fitness. It is among the top public recreational activities. One can swim in the sea, the lake or river.

With 15 parishes without a full-time priest, the Church has to radically shift to having laity rather than clerics at its core

Last week, Bishop Ray Browne wrote a pastoral letter, which was handed out at masses across Kerry.

Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne has issued a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Kerry inviting people to participate in the consultation and planning process for the diocese over the next six months.

Since its inception in 1973, the Auckland Diocesan Pastoral Council has been a “spectacular success”, in the opinion of a lay Catholic who was involved with it for 43 years.

The crib is a very special part of Christmas according to Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne and the newly unveiled crib at St Mary’s Cathedral in Killarney is certainly a wonderful addition.

The memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7 saw a special celebration in a holy place on the Awhitu Peninsula north of Waiuku in Auckland diocese.

Organised water safety in Ireland really began in Milltown Malbay, Co Clare in the 1930s when a lady drowned there. This galvanised the local community into forming a Water Safety Association to help swimmers who got into trouble. The idea spread through Co Clare and eventually to the whole country. The national water safety section, set up by the government, was run by the Red Cross.

Further priest retirements in the Kerry Diocese will see two more parishes served by pastoral area priests, Bishop Ray Browne has announced today.