Diocesan News
The Rev Derick Wilson marks 50th anniversary of ordination
At St Matthew’s Church, Richhill, on Sunday 27th June there were celebrations as the Rev Derick Wilson marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination.
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Diocesan News
Hospice Sunday Appeal raises £28,683.87 during Covid–19 pandemic
The Annual Hospice Sunday Appeal in some of the Church of Ireland Dioceses in Northern Ireland has been taking place since its inception in 2014 when it began in the Diocese of Armagh.
Diocesan News
Cork Service marks centenary of the end of the War of Independence
On Sunday 27th June a Diocesan Service, with civic and ecumenical participation, was held in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, to mark the upcoming centenary of the truce: the end of the War of Independence in Ireland.
Marriage Council
Revised wording in Marriage Regulations
On Tuesday, 15th June 2021, the Standing Committee approved revised wording in the Marriage Regulations (NI) 2004 and the Marriage Regulations (RoI) 2007.
Press Releases
St John’s Eve, Dublin
Members of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem gathered at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on St John’s Eve (23rd June) for the annual ecumenical service of rededication.
Diocesan News
County Cork school creates massive mural out of plastic bottle tops to conquer lockdown isolation
A small, rural two–teacher Church of Ireland National School in Ballineen in West Cork with twenty–nine pupils decided to find a creative and artistic way to overcome one big obstacle caused by Covid–19 restrictions: not allowing the pandemic to break down the sense of community in the school.
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Diocesan News
Confirmation at Castlecaulfield
Archbishop John McDowell’s first Confirmation Service in the Diocese of Armagh took place at St Michael’s, Castlecaulfield, last Thursday, 17th June.
Diocesan News
‘Called to discipleship, leadership and apostleship’
The Down and Dromore Diocesan Synod met on 24 June for the first time since 2019 and the onset of the Covid–19 pandemic.
Diocesan News
Cork’s kindness reaches East Africa
Diocese donates €12,000 to project tackling poverty in Burundi
Christian Aid Ireland has thanked the people of the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross for their support for the fundraising efforts of a Carrigaline clergyman who recently completed a sponsored walk around the county, raising around €12,000 for the agency’s work in Burundi, a country affected by poverty, hunger and conflict.
