From 14th to 16th June 2021, All Ireland Mothers’ Union president June Butler walked 21km in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross as part of her “21 in 21” fundraising project.
Bishop Andrew Forster took advantage of the hot weather and a window in his diary, to pay his first visit to Londonderry city centre’s newest eatery on Thursday morning.
“I’ll never do one of those again,” the Rev Canon David Crooks said, as he climbed off his bicycle at the end of the last of his three marathon charity cycles around the Raphoe and Inishowen Deaneries to raise funds for the Diocesan ‘Mahajanga Calling’ Appeal.
A parishioner in the Church of Ireland Ballybay Group of parishes in Co. Monaghan is shortly about to embark on an important mission trip to Papua New Guinea.
As part of the Journey in Self–belief project, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton, has recently been interviewed by Paul McFadden, a former news anchor for BBC Radio and freelance journalist. The project was created by Maynooth University to encourage self–reflection in the Protestant community in Ireland.
The Dean of Ross, the Very Reverend Christopher Peters, has indicated to the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross his intention to retire on 31st October 2021. This has now been announced also to the parishioners of Ross Union of Parishes.
The 11th July marked the Centenary of the Truce and the End of the War of Independence in Ireland. It came into effect at 12 noon on that day and, although many people thought it would be a temporary halt in hostilities, it ended the conflict.
The parishioners of the Templebreedy Group of Parishes met for the third time on Tuesday 6th July to walk together and raise money for charities.
A sponsored walk by pupils of a historic school in west Cork has raised more than €300 for Christian Aid Ireland and highlighted the impact of climate change on some of the world’s poorest people.
And he’s off. The Rev Canon David Crooks has begun the first of his three marathon fundraising cycles in the Diocese of Raphoe.
