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Advent Hope in Dublin & Glendalough

Join us as we explore signs of hope of the Spirit at work in Dublin and Glendalough. During this time of watching and waiting, we are celebrating the life of parishes in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough – urban and rural, large and small.

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Press Releases

‘Let us announce the way of the Prince of Peace’

Bishop Anthony Poggo, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, has released his Christmas message for 2024.

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D150 Events

Black Santa is back on the Cathedral steps!

Black Santa is back on the steps of Belfast Cathedral, with the 48th annual sit–out for charities getting underway at 10am on Monday December 16.

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Diocesan News

2024 Black Santa Sit Out underway in Dublin

The 2024 Black Santa Sit Out is now in full swing outside St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street.

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Press Releases

Christmas Day broadcast with the Archbishops of Armagh

RTÉ One & RTÉ Radio One

This year’s Christmas message from the Archbishops of Armagh, which was filmed in Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and draws on the theme of the Christmas Star, will be broadcast on Christmas Day at 12.10pm on RTÉ One television and 1.05pm on RTÉ Radio One.

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Diocesan News

Bishop David McClay’s Christmas Message 2024

Bishop David speaks from St Patrick’s Ballymacarrett, which is to become a reinvigorated worshipping community on the Lower Newtownards Road, in East Belfast.

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Diocesan News

2024 Christmas message from the Dean of Limerick

The Very Revd Niall Sloane

‘… it is a new–born child who simply by his birth brings calm, order, and a peace beyond all human understanding. A peace that penetrates every heart that permits it entry.’

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Diocesan News

Clergy involved in charity sit–outs before Christmas

A number of clergy from Clogher Diocese will be raising money for charities next week as they hold Black Santa sit–outs.

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Diocesan News

Bishops of Cork bless S.H.A.R.E. Crib

The S.H.A.R.E. Cork collection was inaugurated for the 55th year on Friday, 13th December 2024, by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Dan Boyle, and the S.H.A.R.E. Crib on St Patrick’s Street, Cork was blessed by the two bishops: Dr Paul Colton and Dr Fintan Gavin.

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Diocesan News

Voices ‘raised in joyful song’ at Anne Trust Carolfest

Children from seven different primary schools in the Belfast area came together in St Anne’s Cathedral over two mornings to participate in the annual St Anne Trust Carolfest.

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