Diocesan News
A song for the year ahead
From Bishop David McClay (Down & Dromore)
‘Every so often, Christian songwriters or hymnwriters pen a powerful song that articulates what the Church needs to be saying to the world in that hour.’
Church of Ireland Home
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Archbishop Jackson calls for end to hostilities and release of hostages in Gaza and Israel
Statement by the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, following news of further damage to Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City
‘As 2024 closes and as 2025 opens, it is with deep sorrow that we witness the hostilities in Gaza and Israel in particular as they enter their third calendar year.’
Diocesan News
Christmas Day 2024 – Sermon by the Archbishop of Dublin
St John 1.1 and 3: ‘… what God was, the Word was … without him no created thing came into being.’
Sermon preached on Christmas Day 2024 in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, by Archbishop Michael Jackson.
Diocesan News
Christmas address from Bishop Michael Burrows
Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe
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Christmas message from Bishop Andrew Forster
Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
‘Whenever we feel lost or abandoned, when our world is in turmoil, when the valley is at its darkest, Jesus is the one constant we can turn to.’
Diocesan News
Advent Hope in Dublin & Glendalough
Join us as we explore signs of hope of the Spirit at work in Dublin and Glendalough. During this time of watching and waiting, we are celebrating the life of parishes in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough – urban and rural, large and small.
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2024 Black Santa Sit Out underway in Dublin
The 2024 Black Santa Sit Out is now in full swing outside St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street.
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Bishop David McClay’s Christmas Message 2024
Bishop David speaks from St Patrick’s Ballymacarrett, which is to become a reinvigorated worshipping community on the Lower Newtownards Road, in East Belfast.
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2024 Christmas message from the Dean of Limerick
The Very Revd Niall Sloane
‘… it is a new–born child who simply by his birth brings calm, order, and a peace beyond all human understanding. A peace that penetrates every heart that permits it entry.’
Diocesan News
Clergy involved in charity sit–outs before Christmas
A number of clergy from Clogher Diocese will be raising money for charities next week as they hold Black Santa sit–outs.
