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All the community of Clogheen came together on August 10 for the 50th birthday celebration for Fr James Ayuba on Sunday.
Friends and family joined Fr James, from as far as Donegal, attended a special Mass followed by tea, coffee, some wine and treats in the St Paul Centre afterwards for his the 50th birthday bash.
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Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and Fr James concelebrated the Mass.
The event was tinged with sadness as Fr James Ayuba is being transfered to Abbeyside Parish in Dungarvan.
Fr James has spent 19 months in south Tipp and has made many friends in the area.
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He will be replaced in the Clogheen/Burncourt and Ballyporeen parishes by Fr Luke de Masie, he is a native of the United States of America and will take up duty from the 1st of September and will reside in Clogheen Parochial House.
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Fr Luke is a priest of the Servants Home of the Mother Order and may be joined by another priest, we wish Fr James God's blessing in his new parish.
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