A statement by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Right Reverend Andrew Forster, to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, 6th February.
This week’s stories are from South Sudan, Kilkenny, Londonderry, Co. Carlow, Bandon, Limavady, Co. Fermanagh and Cork city centre.
A decade of building bridges between communities, people and agencies was celebrated on Monday January 31 as Dublin City Interfaith Forum marked its 10th anniversary. The online event was chaired by the new Chairperson of DCIF, Archbishop Michael Jackson.
The House of Bishops has confirmed the appointment of the Rt Revd Michael Burrows, currently Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, as Bishop–designate of the United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. His translation is planned for Thursday, 14th April 2022.
The Representative Church Body Library’s first two Archives of the Month for 2022 feature the growth in its collections of parish registers, over the course of the last two years, and a rare archive relating to architecture in Armagh – both the city and the county – in Victorian times.
The Church of Ireland has appointed Ms Rachael Murphy as its Children and Families Development Officer.
One of the most precious – if not the most precious – manuscripts in the RCB Library’s safe custody is the Red Book of Ossory (D11/1/2) which has a strong association with Richard Ledred, Bishop of Ossory from 1317 to about 1361.
