Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, will formally launch the 2021 Black Santa Sit Out at St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, on Tuesday December 21 at 1pm.
The modern dioceses of the Church of Ireland, including Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, were formed at the Synods of Rathbreasail in 1111 and Kells–Mellifont in 1152.
“This has been a tough year. The COVID–19 pandemic continues to affect all our lives. The scriptures tell us that after their visit to the new–born Saviour in Bethlehem, the wise men ‘went home by a different way’. The pandemic has also forced many of us to change our ways, to do things differently. Nobody has been unaffected.”
Happy Christmas in advance! Welcome to our weekly round–up of news from around the Church of Ireland’s dioceses and parishes.
Bishop David’s message for Advent and Christmas echoes that of the angels to the shepherds in Luke 2 – “Do not be afraid”.
The 2021 Dublin Council of Churches Walk of Light returned to a semi–normal format this year. Participants in the 17th annual interchurch journey prayed for light in dark times and while not everyone could walk from church to church, a small group of walkers travelled between three city centre churches where congregations waited to meet them.
Bishop Paul Colton visits Castletownshend, County Cork, to show everyone the beautiful nativity window in the parish church this Christmastime.
The 2021 Black Santa Sit–out for charities on the steps of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, is now under way, having started on Monday (December 13).
In this week’s video from the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough, we are ‘Finding Joy in Advent’ during a visit to the Storehouse foodbank at St James’s Church in Crinken.
A Christmas message from the Very Revd Niall J Sloane, Dean of St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick.
