Members of the Armenian Church and community in Ireland gathered in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, last Saturday afternoon (December 5) to dedicate a memorial to those who died in the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915.
On Monday morning, 7th December, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, spent several hours in Bandon, County Cork, visiting businesspeople and traders whose properties and livelihoods have been jeopardised by the weekend floods in the town.
Belfast’s Black Santa, the Very Rev John Mann, is shaking out and airing his hat, scarf and gloves in preparation for his fifth charity sit–out on the steps of St Anne’s Cathedral.
A whole new world of ‘wunder’ has been opened up for children with the launch of the Wunderland series of story trails written by the Rector of Bray, the Revd Baden Stanley, and animated by artist Darren Nesbitt of Taney parish.
A vigil was held recently in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, where speakers gave compelling talks about abuse and oppression of women.
’It is with a very heavy heart that I find myself, yet again, expressing great sorrow, on behalf of us all in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, to the people of our County Cork, and Bandon town in particular, in the wake of this weekend’s flooding.’
Representatives of the World Council of Churches were in Dublin on Tuesday as part of a two day visit to Ireland.
‘The Larder’ food bank in St Christopher’s, Mersey Street, Inner East Belfast, has held a ‘Feeding the 5000 Day’ and launched a campaign to gather 5000 signatures to present to MLAs and MPs.
A number of representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) were in Belfast this week as guests of the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy.
On Saturday 28th November women and men from across the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh gathered in St George’s Church, Carrick–on–Shannon, Co. Leitrim, for a prayer vigil organised as part of the Mothers’ Union All–Ireland ‘16 Days of Activism against gender based violence’.