Diocesan News
Ireland's largest organ is put through its paces
A new organ in St Peter’s Parish Church, Antrim Road, Belfast, has been dedicated by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy.
A new organ in St Peter’s Parish Church, Antrim Road, Belfast, has been dedicated by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy.
The deliberate burning of the Public Record Office in the Four Courts in 1922 must rank as one of the greatest acts of philistinism in Irish history. An attempt was later made to excuse the act on the grounds that in burning the records the IRA were trying to extirpate all trace of British “slavery” in Ireland.
It has been announced today that the Anglican Mission Agency, USPG Ireland (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) has appointed Mr Declan Barry their new Associate Mission Advisor for the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough.
The Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem thanks the Diocese of Clogher for its recent financial support of £9,500 for the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.
The Bishop of Down and Dromore invites pilgrims to walk and pray for peace in our land in Downpatrick on St Patrick's Day, and to wear a purple ribbon as a Lenten sign of solidarity in working for good.
Mrs Sally McCallum, a parishioner of St Simon’s, Belfast, Diocese of Connor, celebrated her 100th birthday on March 2.
The Rev Rachel Creighton, former Chaplain to Wellingborough Prison, was instituted rector of Holy Trinity and St Silas with Immanuel, Diocese of Connor, at a service on Monday March 2.
Ballymacash Parish Monday Club, Diocese of Connor, recently celebrated 20 years of friendship and fellowship with an anniversary dinner.
More than 220 people attended the first of the Bishop of Connor’s Lenten seminars in St Peter’s Church, Antrim Road, Belfast, on February 24.
The February 09 issue of Connor Connections, the magazine for the Diocese of Connor, is now available.