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Pancakes and Prayer in Saintfield
A team of ‘Pancake Posties’ from Saintfield Parish delivered a Lent Prayer and pancake pack to 90 households in the village in time for Shrove Tuesday.
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Stephen Fletcher talks to Dr Gladys Ganiel about the effects of the pandemic on churches
Last week, Limerick and Killaloe’s Diocesan Communications Officer, Stephen Fletcher, interviewed Dr Gladys Ganiel who is a Lecturer and Researcher at Queens’ University Belfast in the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice.
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Down and Dromore Mothers’ Union busy offering a helping hand!
Despite not being able to meet throughout the Covid pandemic, Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Down and Dromore have not been idle!
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Conferment of Dean Shane Forster
In a short online service (via Zoom) on Sunday 14th February 2021, Canon Shane Forster, previously Rector of Ballymore Parish in Tandragee, was conferred to his new position as the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
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Ireland’s Fittest Parish?
At the start of January, Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson, the rector of Douglas Union with Frankfield, in the Diocese of Cork, publicised the fact that he would walk at least 5 kilometres each day that month.
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‘Walking with Jesus in the Wilderness’ – Dublin and Glendalough lay readers provide daily Lenten reflections
Dublin & Glendalough are inviting you to join us during Lent 2021. While we cannot be together, Lay Readers from the length and breadth of the United Dioceses have gathered virtually to provide a thought for the day online.
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Connor MU supplies wash bags for hospital patients
Connor Mothers’ Union (MU) is meeting a vital need by supplying emergency wash bags for patients in two large Belfast hospitals.
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Hosting the vaccination programme
Warrenpoint Parish Church Hall is being used as a vaccination centre as Covid vaccines are rolled out across the country.
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100 years of service to the Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade
Two Officers from the Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade in the Connor Diocese have chalked up more than 100 years of service between them.
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Institution of New Rector for Kinneigh Union of Parishes in West Cork
On Thursday, 4th February, in a short Service broadcast online from Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, the Reverend Ivan Ruiters was instituted as incumbent of the Parish of Kinneigh Union of Parishes, in County Cork.
