Diocesan News
Installation of Canon Elaine Murray
On Sunday, 19th September 2021, Canon Elaine Murray, Rector of Carrigaline Union, was installed to the Prebend of Timoleague on the Chapter of St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Rosscarbery.
On Sunday, 19th September 2021, Canon Elaine Murray, Rector of Carrigaline Union, was installed to the Prebend of Timoleague on the Chapter of St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Rosscarbery.
On Sunday, 19th September 2021, another confirmation service was held in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
“Life as an ordained person is not defined by what you do but rather by how invested you are in your relationship with God.” This was the advice from Dean Dermot Dunne to the Revd Alexander Chisnall and the Revd Edwin Aiken who were ordained Deacons on Sunday (September 19) in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
The Revd Prof Anne Lodge has taken up the role of Priest Scholar at Christ Church Cathedral.
The first of two Confirmation Services in Cork, Cloyne and Ross last weekend took place on Saturday, 18th September, at St Luke’s Church, Douglas.
St Mary’s Ballybeen has been officially reopened following a major refurbishment programme. Bishop David McClay declared the building “open for Kingdom work and worship” at a special service on Sunday 12 September.
Sunday 19 September was Vocation Sunday in the Diocese of Down and Dromore when we invited people to consider whether God is calling them to a ministry in the church.
The Very Rev Susan Green, Dean of Cloyne, shows us around St Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne, in this week’s video. As the Bishop’s advisor for women’s ministry in the Diocese, she also talks about her role and that of many other women in the Church of Ireland.
On Friday, 17th September, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral held a Choral Evensong and guided tours for Culture Night 2021.
Whitechurch Parish in Dublin has become one of just a handful of parishes in Ireland to be presented with an Eco–Congregation Ireland Gold Award.