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Bishop launches new diocesan prayer booklet for the Covid era
The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe has produced a new prayer booklet, ‘Hope in the Pandemic’, to encourage parishioners during the Covid–19 crisis.
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New Rector of Aghanloo instituted
“If there’s ever a time that the Church needs prayer, and spiritual leaders need prayer, it’s now,” the Rev David McBeth told the congregation in Christ Church, Limavady on Wednesday evening, at the Institution of his friend and colleague, the Rev Rhys Jones, as Rector of Aghanloo, Balteagh, Carrick and Tamlaghtard.
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Appointment of new Canon of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, and St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne
The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, is pleased to announce that he has appointed the Reverend Denis MacCarthy, Incumbent of Bandon Union of Parishes, to be Prebendary of Kilbrittain and Holy Trinity in the Cathedral Church of Saint Fin Barre, Cork, and to be Prebendary of Donoughnmore in the Cathedral Church of Saint Colman, Cloyne.
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Community garden begins to blossom in North Belfast
A derelict piece of land behind St Andrew’s Parish Church in Glencairn, north Belfast, is being transformed into a vibrant community garden.
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Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral Choir launches new CD
The current Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral building, in Cork, is 150 years old in 2020, although worship has been offered on the same site since 606AD when Saint Fin Barre founded his monastery.
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New diocesan website launched
We are delighted to launch our new diocesan website. You can find it at the same web address: https://meathandkildare.org
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New calling beckons for Dean of Raphoe
The Dean of Raphoe, the Very Reverend Arthur Barrett, is to leave the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe early in the new year to take up a new appointment as Rector of the Arklow, Inch and Kilbride Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Glendalough.
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Bishop Paul Colton launches book for children and young people to mark the forthcoming 150th anniversary of the consecration of Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, has made available to schools, parishes and youth groups a book he wrote in recent months for children, young people and parishes to explore the 150th anniversary later this month (30th November) of the Consecration of one of Cork’s, indeed of one of Ireland’s, most iconic buildings: Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork.
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Online book of reflection opens at Belfast Cathedral
Belfast Cathedral is inviting members of the public to pay their tribute to friends and loved ones through Lives Reflected – an online book of commemoration for those who have died from Covid and from other causes in 2020.
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Caring through Covid
The leadership team at St John’s, Orangefield, in East Belfast has come up with a simple idea to help parishioners connect with each other and with God in this Covid–dominated season.
