Diocesan News
Institution of the Rev'd Michael Thompson as Rector of Youghal
On Monday 8th September, the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Rev’d Michael Thompson was instituted as Incumbent of Youghal Union of Parishes.
On Monday 8th September, the Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Rev’d Michael Thompson was instituted as Incumbent of Youghal Union of Parishes.
Life is not always fair, but it is certainly getting that way in Cork, Cloyne & Ross! Becoming a Fairtrade Diocese is not an easy thing, and not something to be taken lightly.
Over three wonderful dry and sunny days last July, twenty-eight young people were seen walking the roads of West Cork to raise funds for Christian Aid’s clean water projects in Ethiopia.
The Revd Charles Mullen, Dean’s Vicar of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral has been appointed to the Prebendary of Rathmichael following a meeting of the Cathedral Chapter yesterday (Monday 8 September 2008).
A team from St Patrick’s Parish, Coleraine, Diocese of Connor, will walk around Lough Neagh this month to raise money for an orphanage in Thailand.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Vivienne Grimason, wife of Dean Alister Grimason, passed away on Thursday 28th August 2008.
St Luke’s Church in the parish of Lower Falls, Belfast, which closed for worship on January 1 2006, is to re-open as a centre for cross community use.
Scott Mackey has recently joined the Down and Dromore Diocesan staff team as Communications and Projects Officer.
The Bishop of the Arctic and several of his Inuit parishioners had the chance to experience a very different culture when they visited Northern Ireland this month.
For the fifth year in a row, Liverpool FC community coaches visited Belfast's Shankill area to coach around 70 children at Paisley Park.