The Revd Olivia Downey was instituted as Rector of the Grouped Parishes of Clogher Cathedral, Errigal Portclare, Augher and Newtownsaville by the Bishop of Clogher, the Right Revd John McDowell, in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher on Thursday, 24th May.
The Rt Revd Patrick Rooke and Ms Maxine Judge, a diocesan reader from Connor Diocese, are currently attending the Conference of European Churches’ General Assembly in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Magheralin Parish will host Down and Dromore’s first ‘Sustainable Synod’ on Thursday 14 June.
Hospice care in Northern Ireland and Co. Louth has benefitted from the generosity of Church of Ireland parishes in both Armagh and Down and Dromore.
The cross–community pilgrimage of hope, led by the Archbishops of Armagh, concluded on Friday afternoon with visits to the Memorial Museum, at Passchendaele, Langemark German Cemetery and Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Another decade’s worth of editions of the weekly newspaper, the Church of Ireland Gazette, from 1924 to 1933, has just been digitized and uploaded online by the RCB Library, where they may be consulted as a freely–searchable resource.
The latest edition of the Eco–Congregation Ireland newsletter highlights events, case studies and suggested activities to help parishes take a greater interest in the environment.
The cross–community pilgrimage of hope, led by the Archbishops of Armagh, arrived at Messines on the morning of Friday, 1st June. On the previous evening, the pilgrims attended the Menin Gate Last Post ceremony.