The annual Plough Service was held in St Patrick’s Church, Kenmare, on the first Sunday after Epiphany. A plough was brought into church and decorated; the whole congregation stood together, asking for God’s Blessing on all those who work in agriculture in the year to come.
On Christmas Eve, nearly three hundred knitted angels flew from St Patrick, Holy Cross and the Gateway Methodist Christians Together group in Kenmare, arriving on doorsteps to the surprise and delight of local people in the town, bearing the message of Joy to the World.
Three new Canons were installed in St Anne’s Cathedral at Choral Evensong on Sunday January 8.
In 2016, the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod commenced a review of the Objectives and Terms of Reference of the Commission, most of the members of which had served 2 three year terms.
With donations still coming in, the 2016 Belfast Cathedral Black Santa Sit–out has raised in the region of £215,000, exceeding Dean John Mann’s target of £200,000.
The Prayer Diary is a list of Porvoo Communion Dioceses or Churches covering each Sunday of the year. Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for the Porvoo Churches.
‘Discovering the truth we need for a life built on solid foundations and finding the peace we yearn for can only come as we entrust ourselves completely to Christ.’
The Archdeacon of Raphoe, Ven. David Huss, has said Donegal Parish Church – which was damaged in a lightning strike on Christmas Day – could remain closed for a number of weeks while repair work is carried out.
