Diocesan News
Dublin’s faith communities support vaccination programme
Faith leaders from across Dublin have given their support to the National Covid–19 Vaccination Programme.
Faith leaders from across Dublin have given their support to the National Covid–19 Vaccination Programme.
Two new Canons have been elected to the Chapter of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
Because of Covid restrictions, the Diocese of Down and Dromore moved its annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations online with a virtual Prayer Pilgrimage and a live–streamed service from Down Cathedral.
The Standing Committee of the General Synod and the Representative Body met in online formats on Tuesday, 9th March 2021.
The Church of Ireland celebrates St Patrick’s Day in several ways, alongside other Churches and people living in the communities which it serves across the island.
The leaders of Ireland’s main churches have come together to issue a message on St Patrick’s Day that reflects on the 1921 centenaries and contains an invitation to wider civic society for further dialogue.
You may have missed out on some recent events in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross or not been able to ‘attend’ online at the time. However, recordings of recent events have now been uploaded to the Diocesan YouTube Channel and you are invited to view them.
One of the highlights in the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Calendar is the annual Festival and Civic Service held each year in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral at the start of Saint Patrick’s Day.
This year, to celebrate St Patrick and the biblical Gospel he believed and preached, yKEA (the youth Department of the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardgah) have recorded a video of St Patrick’s Confessio, read by over 30 young people.
The Rector of Castledawson, the Rev Colin Welsh, has been appointed a canon of St Columb’s Cathedral in Londonderry, succeeding the Rev Canon Sam McVeigh, who retired in January.