Diocesan News
Bishop Good speaker at Connor Quiet Morning
The Rt Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, was the speaker at a Connor Clergy Quiet Morning in Christ Church, Lisburn, on March 7.
The Rt Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, was the speaker at a Connor Clergy Quiet Morning in Christ Church, Lisburn, on March 7.
A group from the Hub Chaplaincy at Queen’s University will use pedal power to raise pounds for two charities working with children and young women in Uganda.
There was a valedictory tone to Bishop Ken Good’s sermon in St Eunan’s Cathedral in Raphoe, on Sunday 10th March, when he addressed the first ever ‘DRY Invites’ service.
Bishop Paul Colton hosted his annual morning of meeting and activities for the Confirmation candidates in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, on Saturday, 2nd March.
As part of the on–going Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Commemorations and Reconciliation Project (2018–2023), an introductory symposium for clergy and employees of the Diocese was held on Friday, 8th March.
Connor Mothers’ Union Festival Service will be held in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday April 7 at 3.30pm. This service will incorporate the Commissioning of new Diocesan President, Mrs Sally Cotter, who took up the post in January.
To mark the 5th annual Day of Prayer for Young People and Youth Ministry, instigated by the Church of Ireland Youth Department, and set for the Sunday before Lent by the House of Bishops, a gathering for prayer was held on Sunday 3rd March in St John’s Church, Longford.
Over 100 clergy, diocesan readers, parish and diocesan staff gathered for the annual diocesan Quiet Day in St Ignatius, Carryduff, on Shrove Tuesday 5 March.
The Revd Catherine Simpson, Curate Assistant of the Parish of Seapatrick, in the Diocese of Dromore, has been appointed as Incumbent of the Parish of Glencraig, in the Diocese of Down.