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.
On Tuesday, 15th June 2021, the Standing Committee approved revised wording in the Marriage Regulations (NI) 2004 and the Marriage Regulations (RoI) 2007.
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.
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.
Archbishop John McDowell’s first Confirmation Service in the Diocese of Armagh took place at St Michael’s, Castlecaulfield, last Thursday, 17th June.
The Down and Dromore Diocesan Synod met on 24 June for the first time since 2019 and the onset of the Covid–19 pandemic.
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.
Thank you to the Irish News for including our Archive of the Month article – written by Professor Brian Walker – as part of its coverage of Northern Ireland’s centenary.
Belfast Cathedral will re–open its doors to the public from Thursday 1st July at 11am. This summer the opening hours have altered, the Cathedral will be open to the public Monday–Saturday from 11am to 6pm, and on Sunday from 1pm to 6pm.
