President Mary McAleese will lead a congregation of several hundred young people from all the Christian Churches in Ireland at a TAIZÉ Service in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday 18 February at 5.15 pm. During the service the President will lead prayers for Church Unity. |
The Rt. Revd. Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore, called together 600 representatives from the parishes in his diocese to a Diocesan Conference on Outreach - and sent them out to be "look outs." Welcoming the delegates to the diocesan outreach conference -' Looking Out, Reaching Out' - held in Bangor on Saturday 24th November, he talked about the need for the church to reach out to those outside its walls. |
| FOLLOW ME, a new Religious Education Programme for primary schools under Protestant management in the Republic, will be launched in Kilternan Church of Ireland National School, Kilternan, Co Dublin, at 12.30 pm on Wednesday, 4 April 2001. |
| The World Wide President of the Mothers' Union, Trish Heywood, will visit Ireland from 26th May to 2nd June. Her itinerary includes a variety of events in Dublin, Galway, Skreen, Derrylin, Derry, Dungannon and Belfast. At each venue she will meet members from local and neighbouring dioceses. Thelma Mehaffey, the All-Ireland President, will accompany her. |
A special farewell service was held in Lisburn Cathedral on Thursday, 8 November 2001 at 8pm to mark the retirement of the Bishop of Connor, Rt Revd James Moore.
Sermon preached by The Venerable Gordon Linney, Archdeacon of Dublin in St Paul’s Church Glenageary Sunday 25th February 2001