2009 marks the centenary of the lay office of Reader in the Church of Ireland. To mark the occasion, George Leckey, a Diocesan Reader in Connor Diocese, has written a new book entitled Reader Ministry in the Church of Ireland.
The December 2009 edition of the Safeguarding Trust (RI) newsletter has been issued, and may be downloaded from this website.
HRH The Earl of Wessex attended a memorial and thanksgiving service in Belfast Cathedral, 2nd December 2009, marking the return of 19 Light Brigade from operations in Afghanistan. The Very Revd Dr Houston McKelvey QVRM TD, Dean of Belfast, conducted and preached at the service: extracts of his address are provided.
For many people, inside and outside the Church, the deliverance ministry is at the same time both a mystery and a fascination. Not many, including clergy, know very much about it.
Readers from across Ireland came together with bishops and a number of clergy at the National Cathedral, St Patrick’s in Dublin, on Saturday 28th November 2009 to mark one hundred years of Reader ministry in the Church of Ireland.
Delivering his response to the Murphy Report the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr John Neill extended his "deep sorrow for and sympathy with" the victims of clerical child sex abuse.
Jennifer Kingston, the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Youth Council's Schools Work Co-ordinator, recently attended the Anna Lindh Foundation Euro-Arab Youth Forum entitled 'Youth and Migration' which was held in Morocco.
The Bishop of Connor is inviting pilgrims from across the diocese to travel with him to the Holy Land in March 2011.
Co. Cavan launch of Revd. Sheila Johnson’s autobiographical book entitled “Everything Except a Caravan" - in Kilmore parish hall on Thursday 12th november, 2009.