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Armagh Diocesan Synod 2024

The 2024 Armagh Diocesan Synod took place on Tuesday (22nd October) and as part of his Presidential Address, Archbishop John McDowell used this video to highlight in picture form, some of our memorable events and to pay tribute and say thanks to the many people who serve in our diocese and beyond.

A new Partnership Agreement between the Diocese of Armagh, the Diocese of Gitega, Burundi and CMS Ireland was also inaugurated.  This exciting venture fits with the vision set out by the Most Revd John McDowell in his Presidential Address when he encouraged parishes to re–examine their vocation to bear witness to God in holiness and loving–kindness.

Archbishop John with Jenny Smyth and Roger Thompson from CMS Ireland, and Archdeacon Elizabeth Cairns.
Archbishop John with Jenny Smyth and Roger Thompson from CMS Ireland, and Archdeacon Elizabeth Cairns.

Jenny Smyth (CMSI’s Mission Director) commented, “In the epistle read at the Synod’s Holy Communion Service St Paul writes to the Ephesians that ‘In Christ Jesus the whole structure (of the household of God) is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling–place for God’ (Eph 2:21–22).  Through this partnership there is an open invitation to explore where God is at work in Burundi in and through his Church in Gitega, and to ask how we can draw alongside one another in ministry, and what can we learn in order to be more effective witnesses in our own communities.”

 

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