The annual Church Service in Saint Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork, to mark IDAHOT – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – will take place on Sunday, 18 May at 10.30 a.m.
At the meeting of the Diocesan Council of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Mr David Bird, from Cobh, Co. Cork in the Diocese of Cloyne, announced that he would not be standing for re–election to the Diocesan Synod or General Synod.
An uplifting service celebrating social action took place in St Werburgh’s Church in Dublin’s city centre, featured a host of inspirational people and projects. ‘Worship for the City’ highlighted the wonderful work being undertaken by a number of social action projects but also prayed for the city and its people.
A new booklet on the history of the Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch was officially launched in Whitechurch Old Schools. Written by Rosemary Power, The Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch, County Dublin, looks at the burial ground where over 700 people of the Moravian tradition have been buried from 1764 to the present day.
A large congregation witnessed the Institution of a new Rector in St Augustine’s Church, known as ‘the wee church on the walls’. Revd Malcolm Ferry was instituted to the Londonderry parish at a Service on the evening of 14 May.
Bishop Justin Badi from Down and Dromore’s link diocese of Maridi in South Sudan is currently on a short visit to Northern Ireland. He has a number of speaking engagements and will attend the CMS Ireland 200th Anniversary celebrations this week.
Cork LGBT Awareness Week is organised to acknowledge and demonstrate that LGBT individuals are family members, community residents, constituents, citizens, visitors, service users and service providers.
N:Vision, the diocesan Magazine for Derry and Raphoe, has won a prize for Best Diocesan Magazine.
The winners of the Central Communications Board 2014 Communications Competition were announced on Saturday 10 May at the General Synod in Dublin – full list of prize winners provided.
The BBC Radio Ulster Broadcast Service today, Sunday 11 May 2014, comes from Down Cathedral, at 10.15am.