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Church of Ireland Chaplain Commissioned for Dublin City University
Philip McKinley was commissioned Chaplain of Dublin City University in the Church of Ireland tradition by Archbishop Michael Jackson recently.
Philip McKinley was commissioned Chaplain of Dublin City University in the Church of Ireland tradition by Archbishop Michael Jackson recently.
’It is with a very heavy heart that I find myself, yet again, expressing great sorrow, on behalf of us all in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, to the people of our County Cork, and Bandon town in particular, in the wake of this weekend’s flooding.’
Representatives of the World Council of Churches were in Dublin on Tuesday as part of a two day visit to Ireland.
‘The Larder’ food bank in St Christopher’s, Mersey Street, Inner East Belfast, has held a ‘Feeding the 5000 Day’ and launched a campaign to gather 5000 signatures to present to MLAs and MPs.
A number of representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) were in Belfast this week as guests of the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy.
On Saturday 28th November women and men from across the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh gathered in St George’s Church, Carrick–on–Shannon, Co. Leitrim, for a prayer vigil organised as part of the Mothers’ Union All–Ireland ‘16 Days of Activism against gender based violence’.
The Dean of Connor, The Very Rev John FA Bond, said it was an honour and a privilege to represent the Church of Ireland at the Inaugural Service of the 10th General Synod of the Church of England at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday November 24.