On a visit to Bandon Grammar School on 12th December, Bishop Paul Colton told students that our Christmas celebrations have become so packed with ‘stuff all over the place’ that we can lose sight of the meaning of it all.
St Saviour’s Parish Church, Connor, is celebrating its bicentenary. The present church was consecrated in 1813 but the site is much older, dating back to the 4th Century when it was a monastic site.
Bishop Pat Storey hopes to fulfil the dream of the late Daphne Wormell and bring her husband to Lambeth. The recently consecrated Bishop of Meath and Kildare told a packed Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, last night (9 December) that she expected to bring her husband to the Lambeth Conference in 2018 for the gathering of bishops from all over the Anglican Communion.
Over 400 people gathered for the Cork County Scout and Guide pre–Christmas service in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral recently
Ross Union, Cork, Cloyne and Ross have introduced Kaleidoscope – a worship service organised especially for families when parents and children can learn about God in a fun way.
Revellers at this year’s annual Cork Diocesan Youth Council Christmas Bash which had a Black and White theme.
The Dublin launch of a significant new book on the Church of Ireland took place in Church House, Rathmines, yesterday evening, Thursday 5 November. The Church of Ireland – An Illustrated History, published by Booklink, was launched by the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson and the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke.
Bishop Harold Miller (Down and Dromore) and Bishop Alan Abernethy (Connor) have both added their reflections to the C S Lewis Book in Belfast Cathedral.
Congratulations to Mrs Ruby McMichael, a parishioner of St Brigid’s, Mallusk, who celebrated her 100th birthday on 3 December.