The United Parish of Christ Church and St John’s in Ballyclare (Ballynure and Ballyeaston) and Templepatrick Parish, both Connor Diocese, are supporting local families with the launch of the Pick up a Picnic initiative in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.
The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton, has made the following statement on the occasion of the election by Dáil Éireann of Micheál Martin, TD as Taoiseach.
As the Diocese of Down and Dromore makes preparations to return to ‘in–church worship’, Bishop David brings a word about things that we need to keep out as we move back into our buildings and aspects of Christian discipleship that we need to bring back in.
On 29 June 2020 churches can begin to reopen once again for public worship. From this date on, and when they are ready to do so, parishes the length and breadth of the United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough will be looking forward to welcoming people back into their churches.
St Columb’s Cathedral in Londonderry is to get its first female canon in its 400–year history. The Rev Katie McAteer’s appointment to the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St Columb is one of two announced yesterday by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Rev Andrew Forster.
A new booklet which is aimed at bringing comfort during anxious times has been published by a Dublin Lay Reader.
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Rev Andrew Forster, has praised and thanked the parishioners of Leckpatrick and Dunnalong, in County Tyrone, for their response to the Covid–19 pandemic.
Sad to be missing the Summer Madness Festival at Glenarm this year? Engage Connor Youth has announced something to cheer everyone up – the Summer Madness Connor sub camp will take place online from next Friday!
St Columba’s Knock have just celebrated their Patronal Festival service in lockdown.
A new rector for the Grouped Parishes of Trory and Killadeas in Clogher Diocese of the Church of Ireland has been instituted during a special online service through Zoom.
