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If the Lord does not watch over the city, in vain does the watchman keep vigil.Ps 127:1

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Are priests ordained to keep churches open?

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Father Bernard Cotter discusses the challenges of maintaining multiple church buildings in rural parishes, using his experience in the Murragh and Templemartin parish in mid Cork as an example. He notes that the parish contains both a large parish church in Newcestown and a smaller, older church in Farnivane.

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