Diocesan News02 Jul 2021

Connor Canon conquers ‘Everest’ again!

Congratulations to the Rev Canon Stuart Lloyd who has once again conquered ‘Everest’ by climbing Slemish Mountain in Co Antrim 50 times in succession.

Church and Society Commission02 Jul 2021

Parishes encouraged to support Climate Sunday in new video

Local parishes across the Church of Ireland are being encouraged to support Climate Sunday – an initiative of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland – in a new short video filmed around our island.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Cancellation of Confirmations in Cork, Cloyne and Ross announced by Bishop Paul Colton

On Wednesday afternoon, 30th June, following the updating of the public health information on the Government website to include formal reference to ‘other religious ceremonies’, namely Holy Baptisms, First Communions and Confirmations’, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Dr Paul Colton, wrote to clergy in the Diocese as well as to all confirmands, their parents and guardians, to announce that Confirmations in the Diocese have been cancelled.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Sponsored wheelchair push for Aware exceeds its targets

Wednesday, 30th June was a time to celebrate a remarkable fundraising effort by Simon Malley.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Langton Award for Community Service presented to Dr Margaret Kennedy

Decades of service on behalf of those who are most marginalised in society, including victims of clerical abuse, were recognised on Wednesday, 30th June, when Dr Margaret Kennedy was presented with her Langton Award for Community Service by the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, at St Patrick’s Church, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Death of Mr Bertie Pollock

The death has taken place of Church of Ireland stalwart and prominent Tyrone businessman Bertie Pollock. The lifelong Edenderry parishioner passed away last night, surrounded by his family.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Connor Synod 2021 takes place online

For the first time in the history of Connor Diocese, the annual Diocesan Synod took place online due to the ongoing restrictions related to Covid–19.

Diocesan News01 Jul 2021

Graham family’s marathon effort for Macmillan

A Connor rector and his sons have raised well over £20,000 by walking a marathon in aid of the work of Macmillan Cancer Support.

RCB Library Notes01 Jul 2021

Online photographic exhibition showcases foundation ceremony for St Thomas’s Church, Dublin, in 1930

The RCB Library’s Archive of the Month for July showcases a remarkable collection of photographs depicting a service conducted for the laying of the foundation stone for St Thomas’s Church in Dublin in 1930.

Archive of the Month01 Jul 2021

St Thomas’s Church, Dublin: Online Contemporary Photographic Exhibition Showcases its Foundation in 1930