The annual meeting of representatives of the Irish Episcopal Conference and the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland took place in Dublin on 17th September 2015. This was the fourth in a series of such meetings encouraged by the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission.
Scores of parishioners from Drumragh with Mountfield in Tyrone crossed the border to Donegal on Sunday afternoon for the ordination of their new curate, Rev Robbie Robinson.
Ordination to the Diaconate is in stark contrast to the spirituality of self interest which abounds today, two Deacons who were ordained in Dublin and Glendalough yesterday (September 20) were told.
St Anne’s Cathedral was again at the heart of Belfast Culture Night 2015, hosting a series of superb musical performances and talented artists.
There were joyful scenes in Eglinton on Friday evening as Rev Paul Hoey was instituted as Rector of Faughanvale, ending a two and a half year vacancy in the parish.
The Diocese of Connor has appointed a new youth officer. Christina Baillie joined the Diocesan staff team on September 14.
A number of Church of Ireland parishes in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross have responded already to the unfolding refugee crisis in Europe, and others are actively making plans to reach out and help.
Carole Bradley (56) who is Warden of Kingston College in Mitchelstown, County Cork did a tandem skydive on Saturday, 12th September in aid of Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland.
The annual Christian Aid Sheep’s Head Hike was held on Saturday, 5th September, starting in beautiful sunny Kilcrohane, on the Sheep’s Head peninsula, West Cork in the Parish of Kilmocomogue Union.