A parish in Co Londonderry, assisted by donations from a local GAA club, have shown that this is truly the season of peace and goodwill. On Sunday 1st December Garvagh Parish presented a cheque for over £3,000 to Bishop Ken Good, on behalf of the Nets Work Project.
The compact St Mullin’s Church in Timolin was packed to capacity on Sunday December 15. A Service of Rededication, led by Archbishop Michael Jackson, brought people from the parishes of Narraghmore and Timolin with Castledermot and Kinneagh together.
A joint Christmas Message from the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Bishops of Clogher, the Rt Revd John McDowell and the Most Revd Liam MacDaid.
The Most Revd Pat Storey was enthroned at St Brigid’s Catehdral, Kildare on Saturday 14 December 2013, having been enthroned in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim on Friday 6 December.
The RCB recently donated old decommissioned computer stock from Church House Dublin to the charity Camara to enable children to develop digital literacy skills.
On a visit to Bandon Grammar School on 12th December, Bishop Paul Colton told students that our Christmas celebrations have become so packed with ‘stuff all over the place’ that we can lose sight of the meaning of it all.
The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, launched the ‘Black Santa’ Christmas sitout for charity at St Anne’s Cathedral along with the Dean of Belfast and the Bishop of Connor this morning, Monday16 December 2013