The latest title in the series of Braemor Studies, which highlights the best dissertations produced by students of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute, is now available. ‘St Patrick’s Pilgrimages – Journey to Place, Journey to God’ is written by the Revd Karen Salmon, who is currently curate at Willowfield Parish Church, East Belfast, in the Diocese of Down and Dromore.
Representatives of Mothers’ Union from all over Ireland gathered in Dublin on Saturday (August 21) to remember the founder of the first Irish branch of the organisation.
To paraphrase Thucydides, the people make the diocese, not the buildings alone. With this in mind a video series called ‘People and Places’ was launched yesterday, Monday 23rd August. It focuses on the many different aspects of church life in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
Carnmoney Parish Church, Diocese of Connor, hosted a Covid Recovery Day as a way of helping members of the church and the local community to reflect on and process their experiences of the pandemic.
During the months of July and August, Fanlobbus Union, Co. Cork, organised twenty–four hours of prayer in each of their four churches; Dunmanway, Drimoleague, Drinagh and Coolkelure.
During the past year of restrictions, two parishioners of Douglas Union with Frankfield, Co. Cork, have been busy knitting hats for seafarers, continuing an activity that started in the parish on Sea Sunday 2017. This year, thirty–six woolly hats have been posted to the Port Chaplain in Dublin for distribution.
The chaplaincy ministries of the Church of Ireland serve people in a wide range of settings outside parish life, including universities, colleges, prisons, hospitals and hospices.
On three consecutive Fridays over the past weeks, Ballydehob Union of Parishes met at the Danno O’Mahony Statue in the centre of Ballydehob to host a Summer Fundraiser.
The Institution of the Revd David Moses as Rector of the Grouped Parishes of Keady, Armaghbreague, Derrynoose and Newtownhamilton took place in Newtownhamilton Parish Church on 17th August 2021.
