The Church of Ireland’s General Synod opened in Wexford this morning with Archbishop John McDowell delivering his Presidential Address shortly after the start of business.
Before each General Synod begins, a Service of Holy Communion takes place and this year’s service was held in St Iberius’s Church, in the town centre, this morning. The preacher was the local Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, the Rt Revd Adrian Wilkinson.
The Church of Ireland Youth Department’s next round of applications for the Young Leaders In Ministry Fund is now open and the closing date for this is Wednesday, 31st May.
The Most Revd John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh, and the Rt Revd the Lord Eames have paid tribute to the Rt Hon the Lord Carswell following the announcement of his death.
Armenians in Ireland gathered in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, last Sunday afternoon (April 30) to mark the 108th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide.