Diocesan News22 Feb 16

Blogging Dean of Belfast Reaches 250th Milestone

The Blogging Dean of Belfast chalked up another milestone when his 250th Blog was posted on the St Anne’s Cathedral website on Saturday February 20!

Dean John Mann (pictured below) started blogging during a Diocese of Connor Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November 2013, providing a daily summary of the experiences and adventures of the pilgrims for the Connor diocesan website as well as the Cathedral website.

Inspired by the reception to the Pilgrimage Blog, and realizing that this new media method was a great way of keeping people informed, the Dean published his first ‘Dean’s Blog’ on the Cathedral website on November 26 2013.

It began: “It is sometimes said that so much is happening at St Anne’s week by week that it is difficult to keep in touch and maintain good communication, so, having practised writing a blog over the course of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, I am going to try producing a few words for all interested in Belfast Cathedral, twice a week … I will try it until Christmas initially, to see how it goes!”

Two years and three months later, and Dean Mann is still faithfully blogging every Saturday and Tuesday. He reflects on activities in the Cathedral, faith, music, his garden, and life as he sees it. The blogs are always personable, often funny, and a wonderful reflection of life as a Dean in a City Cathedral with the wonders of the Northern Ireland coast and countryside within easy reach.

You can read his 250th blog in full and also access all the Dean’s previous blogs through the St Anne’s Cathedral website.

For further information contact Karen Bushby, Press Officer, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on 07766 103880 or email [email protected]