More than 75 people attended an ecumenical prayer service for Pentecost at Camagh Bay, Lower Lough Erne, on Pentecost Sunday, led by the Bishop of Clogher, the Right Revd John McDowell and the Clogher Diocesan Administrator of the Roman Catholic Church, Monsignor Joseph McGuinness.
Three teams representing Connor Mothers’ Union took part in the Belfast Marathon on May 7 to raise funds for Mums In May, supporting people in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congratulations to Mrs June Butler MBE, who has been elected as the next All Ireland President of Mothers’ Union.
Members of the four main Christian Churches in Moville came together on Sunday afternoon to take part in a Pentecost Walk of Witness, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.
Last month, on Friday 27th April, St. Luke’s National School, O’Mahoney’s Avenue, in Cork, was announced as the winner of the National Dairy Council’s competition to create a jingle for Moocrew’s future advertisement campaign.
In Derry Diocese, local politicians, including the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Maolíosa McHugh, joined members of the CCCMSP Group’s Thursday Club, at the Acorn Centre next to St Peter’s Church, on Thursday 17 May, for the formal launch of the club’s new horticultural project.
On Sunday 13th May a service was held to mark International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Bishop Paul Colton, assisted by the Reverend Sarah Marry, led a celebration of the Eucharist on the theme ‘Alliances for Solidarity’.
The Chapel of Christ the Healer at Cork University Hospital has launched a new ‘Prayer Leaf’ project with the primary schools in the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
