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New rector appointed to Kilroot and Templecorran
The Rev Nigel Kirkpatrick, rector of St Dorothea’s Parish, Gilnahirk, Diocese of Down and Dromore, has been appointed rector of the Grouped Parishes of Kilroot and Templecorran, Connor Diocese.
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CITI module on Reconciliation
10th–14th June 2019
The Church of Ireland Theological Institute will be running a reconciliation module from 10th to 14th June for its part–time MTh students – interested members of the Church and wider public are also welcome to attend.
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Bishop Harold Miller urges progress as leaders resume talks
All–party discussions with the aim of restoring the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly, will start today, 7 May 2019.
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Millennials in the Church in rural Ireland
West Cork rector undertakes research for masters degree
Following three years of part–time study in the Irish Bible Institute (IBI), the Rev Cliff Jeffers, Rector of Fanlobbus Union of Parishes, Dunmanway, County Cork, completed a masters degree in transformational leadership, awarded by the University of York St John.
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St Bartholomew’s, Stranmillis, celebrates its centenary
St Bartholomew’s Parish, Stranmillis, will be celebrating 100 years of worship and witness with a series of events over the weekend of May 10–12.
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Maundy gift was humbling, says Connor parishioner
Mr Jim Patterson, a parishioner of St Mark’s, Ballysillan, Diocese of Connor, said he was ‘very humbled’ to receive a Maundy purse from Her Majesty the Queen in Windsor last month.
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18th century Freke Estate Survey digitized
On Saturday 27th April in Castle Freke, County Cork, by kind invitation of the Hon Stephen Evans–Freke, an event took place to launch the digitization of the Freke Estate Survey of 1787/88 by Thomas Sherrard.
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Countdown to 400 Miles 4 Uganda cycle
3rd–7th May from Mizen to Malin
A team from the Hub Chaplaincy at Queen’s University, Belfast, is counting down to the start of their mega cycle from the bottom of Ireland to its very top. 400 Miles 4 Uganda will raise funds for Abaana and Waakisa, charities working with children and young women in Uganda.
