In Derry Diocese, local politicians, including the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Maolíosa McHugh, joined members of the CCCMSP Group’s Thursday Club, at the Acorn Centre next to St Peter’s Church, on Thursday 17 May, for the formal launch of the club’s new horticultural project.
The Church of Ireland Youth Department’s Fuel resource, which proved popular in encouraging young people to read the Bible over Lent, is available to help develop regular Bible reading habits throughout the whole year.
On Sunday 13th May a service was held to mark International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Bishop Paul Colton, assisted by the Reverend Sarah Marry, led a celebration of the Eucharist on the theme ‘Alliances for Solidarity’.
The Chapel of Christ the Healer at Cork University Hospital has launched a new ‘Prayer Leaf’ project with the primary schools in the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
The Revd Charles Eames was commissioned as Clogher Diocesan Mothers’ Union Chaplain at a special service in St Salvator’s Parish Church, Donagh, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, on Friday, 4th May.
Congratulations to Alison Jones, editor of ‘Aspire’, our diocesan magazine. ‘Aspire’ has been awarded the prize for ‘Best Diocesan Magazine’, at the 2018 General Synod in Armagh.
Parishioners at flood–hit St Canice’s Church of Ireland, in Eglinton, queued up after Sunday morning’s 11 a.m. service to collect ten pounds each, which they are being encouraged to multiply to raise funds for the parish’s restoration fund.
A statement of the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, following the discovery of the body of a young woman in the grounds of St Michan’s Church, Dublin.
Christian Aid Week 2018 runs from May 13–19. At 11am on Sunday morning, Bishop Trevor Williams, Chair of Christian Aid Ireland, preached in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, where he is a parishioner
