The Archbishop of Armagh will preside at the Episcopal Electoral College for Derry and Raphoe in Church House, Armagh on Friday, 1 March 2002.
An Electoral College of the Church of Ireland will meet in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on Monday, 4 November 2002 to elect a new Bishop for the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory to replace the former Bishop, John Neill, who was recently enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin.
Bishop Harold Miller will welcome the Methodist President, Harold Good, as preacher on the Hill of Down on Saturday 16 March. The Festival Service will be held in Down Cathedral and to which the Bishop has invited a group of Methodists from the Down district as well as members of the other denominations in the area. The Strandtown Primary School Choir and the Sullivan Irish Traditional Group will help lead the worship. The Dean of Down is the Very Revd John Dinnen.
The new Millennium Hall of Cork City Hall was crowded on Friday February 22 2002 to witness the launch of Cork - One city, Many Communities - a new civic forum of political, religious and community representatives who support and seek a renewed Cork with its vibrant and diverse society, respect for the cultures of others, and strong and effective action to combat racism.
The Right Reverend Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, speaking at the annual Civic Service for Saint Patrick’s Day in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral Cork said that in Ireland today we need a new definition of our Irishness – one which takes on board realistically our diversity and which is committed to a process of education that creates understanding and celebrates difference.
Past pupils of St George’s School in Tubbercurry, County Sligo are invited to a Thanksgiving Service in St George’s Parish Church on Sunday, 3 November 2002 at 3.30pm to give thanks for the 150 years of the school following its closure earlier this year.