Diocesan News
Dean of Down calls for prayer for Brexit vote
The Very Revd Henry Hull, Dean of Down, has encouraged churches to pray as Brexit is debated and voted upon.
The Very Revd Henry Hull, Dean of Down, has encouraged churches to pray as Brexit is debated and voted upon.
On Saturday 24th November, the Youth Group in Ross Union of Parishes, Rosscarbery, County Cork, held a supper in aid of the Simon Community.
Based in the parishes of Brackaville, Donaghendry and Ballyclog, justLOVE is a group of young people with a fresh perspective on the place of religious faith in their lives.
On 17th November Hilda Connolly, Diocesan Youth Officer in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and Viridiana Kingston Castro, a youth worker from Coolkelure in Dunmanway, County Cork, graduated at Cliff College, Derbyshire, with their Aurora Certificates in Youth Work.
Nearly 500 people from throughout East Cork and West Waterford attended the dedication of a new war memorial in the Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin, Youghal, County Cork, on Sunday afternoon, 2nd December.
Following the recent restructuring of the Board for Social Responsibility (Northern Ireland) – now known as Family Routes – the Christmas Toy Appeal has been taken on by Central Church staff in Church of Ireland House, Belfast.
A newly revised pew edition of ‘The Book of Common Prayer’ in a smart blue cover, containing the newly approved ‘Order for Morning and Evening Prayer for Use on Sundays’, is now available.
‘Other Voices’ is one of Ireland’s unique music events which takes place over a weekend in St James’ Church, Dingle.
Dublin–based Church of Ireland priest, the Revd Graham Jones, his wife Louise and his brother, the Revd Rob Jones, were interviewed on ‘Sunday with Miriam’ on RTE Radio One yesterday morning (December 2).