The onerousness of their new ministry was brought home to the Rev Andrea Cotter and the Rev Alan McCracken during their Service of Ordination as priests in All Saints, Clooney, on Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday, 8th September 2021, Pat Culleton was ordained priest by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton.
David Holmes, Parish Reader in St Bride’s Parish Church, Kilbride, Diocese of Connor, has raised more than £2,500 for Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke through a sponsored cycle around the churches in Antrim Rural Deanery.
On Sunday 5th September 2021, two people from the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross were ordained deacon by Bishop Paul Colton: Carole Pound in Abbeystrewry Church, Skibbereen, and Richard Dring in St Mary the Virgin Church, Carrigaline.
A Service of Ordination of OLM Deacons for Connor Diocese was held in Lisburn Cathedral on September 8.
At a service held in St Michael’s Parish Church, Shankill Road, Belfast, on September 5, John Lowden was ordained Deacon for the parishes of St Michael and St Stephen with St Luke, Belfast by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev George Davison.
Every parish across the Church of Ireland has a fresh opportunity to welcome children and families back into their activities as this new school year begins.
More than 14,000 roof slates have been replaced on Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and essential fire protection systems completely upgraded as part of a major renovation project, which, according to the Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr William Morton, has been the Cathedral’s most significant renovation in 160 years and will secure the 800–year–old medieval building for generations to come.
Ordinations are under way in dioceses across the Church of Ireland and will continue throughout the month of September.
In this week’s episode of ‘People and Places’, we join the Diocesan Youth Officer Hilda Connolly on a day out with one of the youth groups.
