A window into the cultural diversity of parishes in the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough has been opened with a new report which was launched in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday afternoon (October 23).
The 802th anniversary celebrations of the Collegiate Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Youghal culminated in a celebratory service on Sunday, 23rd October 2022.
Archbishop John McDowell preached at a special Diocesan Service of Thanksgiving at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, in the heart of Youghal, Co. Cork, on Sunday afternoon.
It was good to be back having a normal Synod. That was the overall view as the 2022 Synod of the Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory commenced in the Woodford Dolmen Hotel in Carlow on Wednesday, October 19th last.
A Diocesan Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Sesquicentenary of the Foundation of Saint Luke’s Home, Cork, in 1872 was held at Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, on Tuesday, 18th October.
The Armagh Diocesan Synod returned to meeting in person yesterday (Wednesday, 19th October 2022) for the first time since November 2019. Members of Synod gathered in the Alexander Synod Hall, in Church House, following a Service of Holy Communion celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral.
The Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Synod of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh took place this Saturday 15th October in Carrick–on–Shannon, Co. Leitrim. The day’s proceedings began with a celebration of Holy Communion in St George’s Church.
The shadow of the Creeslough tragedy loomed large over the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Synod, on Wednesday, as people remembered the victims and prayed for those affected by last Friday’s disaster, which claimed the lives of 10 people.
Charities across Northern Ireland are invited to submit applications for funding raised through the 46th Black Santa Sit–out which will take place at St Anne’s Cathedral this Christmas.
“I ask people to keep the bereaved and injured in their prayers, and to remember, too, members of the emergency services – and the people of Creeslough – who have been doing their utmost to save lives. We, as a community, owe them an enormous debt of gratitude.”
