At the end of November, the Ven Canon Craig McCauley, Rector of the Virginia Church of Ireland Group of Parishes in Co. Cavan and Archdeacon of Kilmore Diocese, was having a conversation with his daughter Laura, a second year Business Studies student in Dublin City University.
Archbishops John McDowell and Eamon Martin interview Mark, a PhD student at Queen’s University, and Shannon, who works in the university’s Catholic Chaplaincy about their experiences of 2020 and the importance of community in student life.
In the Christmas story, Joseph is sometimes overlooked, but we have much to learn from this character.
As schools come to the end of a challenging and demanding academic term before Christmas, and as 2020 heads towards its close, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton, has singled out the education work of the Diocese and everyone involved in it, for special mention, praise and thanks.
As Christmas approaches, Archbishops John McDowell and Eamon Martin interview members of the St Vincent de Paul society in Armagh about how they have been responding to local needs over the last year.
From the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough.
Archbishop Michael Jackson and Dublin’s Lord Mayor Hazel Chu were at St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street yesterday (Monday December 21) to formally launch the 2020 Black Santa Sit Out.
Cork was a cauldron of violence and conflict one hundred years ago during the War of Independence.
‘Christmas has not been cancelled. Yes, it will be very different this year, but it hasn’t been cancelled. The name given to Jesus at his birth, Emmanuel, means “God with us”. In 2020, the significance of that name became obvious to many people. My prayer is that the truth of God’s presence may become evident to each and every one of us. ‘
In place of their traditional Nine Lessons and Carols, Holy Trinity Glencraig, held a ‘Carols by Carlight’ on Sunday 20 December 2020.
