Diocesan News22 Oct 2018

Kilbride parish buries time capsule to be opened in 2068!

Diocesan News22 Oct 2018

‘Need for structured dialogue towards separation of Church and State’ – Bishop Paul Colton

Speaking at the City Service in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, said there was a need, in Ireland, for a structured approach to the current informal debates about separation of Church and State.

Diocesan News22 Oct 2018

New partnership between Midleton College and the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is inaugurated

A new stage in the long history of connections between Midleton College (founded in 1696) and the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross has been inaugurated with the arrival of the Reverend Andrew Orr to serve as Chaplain to the College, and also as Priest–in–Charge in the adjoining small parish of Youghal Union.

Diocesan News19 Oct 2018

Institution of the new Vicar of Carnmoney, Diocese of Connor

The Revd Andy Heber was instituted as incumbent of the Parish of Carnmoney, Diocese of Connor, at a service in The Church of the Holy Evangelists on St Luke’s Day, Thursday 18th October.

Diocesan News16 Oct 2018

Film launched to highlight ‘A Place to Call Home’ campaign

A short film highlighting aims and impacts of ‘A Place to Call Home’ – the Dublin and Glendalough Refugee Accommodation Project – has been launched.

Diocesan News16 Oct 2018

Students breathe new life into historic city centre church With ‘ONE Dublin’ Gospel music Services

A group of visionary and energetic university students from across Dublin have come together to re–establish regular worship in St Thomas’s Church of Ireland Church, which stands at the gateway of O’Connell Street into Dublin’s North East Inner City.

Diocesan News15 Oct 2018

Bishop Paul Colton unveils RMS Leinster memorial with a County Cork connection

In a very wet day on Saturday 13th October, on a hillside near Courtmacsherry, County Cork, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, unveiled a memorial to Henrietta and Ida Howell, two sisters who lived at Ballycullinane in that parish, and who perished in the sinking of the RMS Leinster when it was hit by two torpedoes on 10th October 1918.

Diocesan News15 Oct 2018

Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Diocesan Synod 2018

The Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Synod of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh took place on Saturday 3rd October in Carrick–on–Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

Diocesan News15 Oct 2018

Funding awarded for Donegal Parish Church

The Irish Government has awarded €20,000 in urgent funding to repair the spire of Donegal Parish Church.

Diocesan News12 Oct 2018

Connor’s Affirm project will support young people in difficulty

Affirm, a new project to support young people going through difficulty, is being launched in Connor Diocese.