The Diocesan Synod of Tuam, Killala and Achonry was held in Westport on Thursday, 25 September 2008. The transcript of the Presidential Address given by the Bishop of Tuam, the Rt Revd Dr Richard Henderson is provided.
It was announced on Wednesday 24th September, that the Archdeacon of Glendalough and Rector of Greystones, the Venerable Edgar Swann is to retire at the end of the year.
Four regional intercultural training days, organised by the Hard Gospel Project and led by a leading anti-racism activist Benedicta Attoh, will take place through November and December for church members looking to deal positively with issues of racism and interculturalism.
A ground-breaking new report commissioned by the Church of Ireland’s Hard Gospel Project looking at the views and experiences of Border Protestants living in the Diocese of Clogher is to be launched on 25 September 2008. The report, entitled ‘Whatever You Say, Say Nothing’, has been written by Mr David Gardiner and will be launched by the Bishop of Clogher, the Rt Revd Michael Jackson, and the Director of the Hard Gospel Project, the Revd Earl Storey, at the Clogher Diocesan Synod.
Sermon preached by the Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE,
Archbishop of Armagh, at the Reopening of the Restored and Reordered St Thomas' Church, Belfast 19 September 2008
St Thomas' Parish Church, Belfast reopening after an impressive restoration and refurbishment
The Standing Committee of the General Synod met in Dublin on 16 September 2008.
The full transcript of the sermon given by the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Right Revd Trevor Williams, at his Installation and Enthronement Service on Sunday 14th September 2008 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick