The declaration of a state of emergency in France, following Friday night’s terrorist attacks in Paris, prompted two Tyrone clergy to revise their plan to take a cargo of relief aid to a refugee camp in Calais.
A three–day Connor clergy conference was described by the Dean of Connor, the Very Rev John Bond, as the ‘most uplifting, most challenging and most wonderful, amazing conference I have been privileged to attend.’
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Ken Good, and the Bishop of Derry, Dr Donal McKeown, have signed the Book of Condolence opened at Londonderry’s Guildhall for the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
On Saturday 14 November, Bishop Harold officially opened St Donard’s new Parish Centre, a project which marks the next chapter in the life of the Bloomfield parish.
Dozens of Glendermott and Newbuildings parishioners braved wintry showers on Saturday to see their new outreach centre and charity shop being formally opened by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Ken Good.
The victims of the terror attacks in Paris on Friday night are being remembered in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, where special prayers are being said.
On Wednesday, 11th November – the Feast of St Martin of Tours – the Reverend Peter Rutherford was instituted as Rector of the Kinsale Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork.
The primary aim of Prisons Week (15–21 November) is to pray for and raise awareness of the needs of prisoners and their families, victims of offenders, prisons staff and all those who care.
Fourteen students from the Church of Ireland Theological Institute have been conferred with MTh (Master in Theology) degrees at the Autumn Commencements in Trinity College Dublin.