Rural Deanery Inspections –

Rural Deanery Inspections – This comes round about every 18 months when the Rural Dean visits for a day to check that all Church Plate, furnishings are  where they should be, and produces a brief report on the condition of all parish buildings. Ours will be done in the coming weeks by a colleague as the Clonmel union is part of the Rector's rural deanery!

Quinquennial Inspection & Rural Dean’s Inspection –

Both these inspections took place on Thursday, 17t September 2011. The Diocesan Architect attended at the Rectory and found the house to be in good repair – there are a few jobs to be done, but nothing major. Rev Peter Cole-Baker, acting as Rural Dean, inspected the churches, registers and checked the silver – this took all day. Silver missing since the two thefts has been recorded and will be communicated to Church House.

Rural Dean’s Inspection –

It’s that time again when the Rural Dean, the Rev Isobel Jackson, will come to the parish and inspect all our buildings, registers, records, rectory and silver – signs all the paper records. Her purpose is to ensure we are looking after everything as we should and makes notes of things to be done, updates records of what we hold in the name of the Church and reports it all to the diocese and Church House. Her position here is that she is my substitute as I am rural dean, but, of course, cannot inspect my own parish. I do the same for her.

Rural Deanery Visitations

The Rev Isobel Jackson, Rural Dean, visited us 4th November. She inspected the registers and signed them, counted and verified that all the Church Plate was where it should be, did a survey of buildings and noted repairs, renovations etc since her last visit and, at the end, expressed her satisfaction that all is in order.