The Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Synod of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh took place this Saturday 15th October in Carrick–on–Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The day’s proceedings began with a celebration of Holy Communion in St George’s Church.
The shadow of the Creeslough tragedy loomed large over the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Synod, on Wednesday, as people remembered the victims and prayed for those affected by last Friday’s disaster, which claimed the lives of 10 people.
Charities across Northern Ireland are invited to submit applications for funding raised through the 46th Black Santa Sit–out which will take place at St Anne’s Cathedral this Christmas.
“I ask people to keep the bereaved and injured in their prayers, and to remember, too, members of the emergency services – and the people of Creeslough – who have been doing their utmost to save lives. We, as a community, owe them an enormous debt of gratitude.”
“It is our calling under God to live in a time of vision, not division,” Archbishop Michael Jackson said this evening (Tuesday October 4). In his Presidential Address to Dublin & Glendalough’s Diocesan Synods, he called on the people of the dioceses to adopt a “hierarchy of urgency” setting new priorities and shaking up values to look and live beyond ourselves.
The commencement of the new Law Term was marked on Monday morning (October 3) with a service in St Michan’s Church in Dublin 7. Attended by a range of people associated with Ireland’s justice system, as well as some from the UK, the Michaelmas New Law Term Service made a comeback after a two year gap.
“This is a key moment for the future of our church, we must reach out and be relevant and welcoming.”
A summary of news from dioceses and parishes around the Church of Ireland in recent weeks.
The Late Queen Elizabeth II’s “significant” contribution to reconciliation and peacebuiling in Ireland was recalled on the evening of Thursday, 29th September 2022, at a service in Londonderry.
This two–part service involving two combined congregations took place in Enniskillen on Sunday, 18th September 2022.
