The Con-joint Diocesan Synod of the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory took place in the Talbot Hotel, Carlow on Wednesday 15th October 2008. The Bishop of Cashel & Ossory, the Rt Revd Michael Burrows, presided. A summary of Bishop Burrows' presidential address is provided.
More than 80 clergy and lay people from all over Connor Diocese attended a seminar on dementia organised by Connor Age-Ability Committee.
The 2008 Armagh Diocesan Synod was held at Church House, Armagh on 21st October 2008. The transcript of the Presidential Address given by the Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan, the Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, is provided.
Monday 20th October 2008 marks the historic beginning of a strategic change of approach to church ministry in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
Speaking at a commissioning of seven new voluntary church workers on Monday 20th October 2008 in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, the Right Reverend Paul Colton, said that Ireland relies on volunteers to deliver essential services.
The Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh held its Diocesan Synod at the Shannon Keys West Hotel, Rooskey on Saturday 18th October 2008. The transcript of the Presidential Address given by the bishop, the Rt Revd Ken Clarke, is provided.
The Autumn 2008 issue of the Connor diocesan magazine Connor Connections is now available.
It was a case of back to school for the Bishop of Connor on October 15 when the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy returned to Grosvenor Grammar School as guest speaker at the annual prizegiving.
Presidential Address
The Most Reverend Dr. John Neill
Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough
Encountering Change In The Church And The World