Diocesan News
News from around the Church of Ireland
Welcome to our weekly round–up of news from around the Church of Ireland’s dioceses and parishes.
Welcome to our weekly round–up of news from around the Church of Ireland’s dioceses and parishes.
Bishop Andrew Forster and Bishop Donal McKeown led members of different Christian denominations on Londonderry’s west bank in a prayer walk around the iconic city walls to mark the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Unit prices for both RB General Unit Trust (RoI) and the RB General Unit Trust (NI) have been verified and added for Quarter 4, 2021 to the online calculator.
Canon Daniel Nuzum, Ecumenical Officer in the Diocese of Cork Cloyne and Ross, introduces this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022 runs from January 18 to 25. Resources this year have been prepared by Christians in the Middle East.
Archbishops John McDowell and Eamon Martin reflect on the theme for 2022 – ‘We saw his star in the east’ – and the continuing need for us to build good relationships with our neighbours on this island.
The Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) has launched the second version of its resource to help young people hear God speaking through His words in the Bible. Its format will encourage young people and their leaders around the island of Ireland to read through Luke’s Gospel over the 40 days of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday (2nd March).
It was announced today that the Episcopal Electoral College for the United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, meeting in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, has elected the Rt Revd Michael Burrows, Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory, as the Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.
The following statement has been issued by the Most Revd Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, and the Most Revd John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.