The United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough have committed to responding practically to the crisis and are launching U&Ukraine, an initiative to help Ukrainian people arriving in Ireland to feel welcome.
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In the late afternoon of Monday 4th April the Bishop of Down and Dromore, the Rt Revd David McClay, will arrive on the steps of Belfast Cathedral having cycled into every parish in his diocese.
Welcome to our weekly round–up of news from around the Church of Ireland’s dioceses and parishes.
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As part of the public Day of Remembrance and Recognition, young people from all across the diocese lit 736 candles in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral at 11am on Friday morning, 18th March, one for each day of the pandemic to date in Ireland, in remembrance of those who died during Covid–19 and in recognition of all those who have cared for us during that time.
Yesterday, the annual Festival and Civic Service for St Patrick’s Day was held at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork. After two years of not being able to host this celebration, Bishop Paul Colton invited the Lord Mayor of Cork and Cork City Council politicians, as well as representatives of State agencies, NGOs and voluntary groups to finally celebrate St Patrick’s Day together and in person again.
The Diocese of Down and Dromore’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations were truly celebratory as they returned to near normality after two years.
A new publication charting centuries of shared traditions of Saint Patrick in Ulster and Scotland has been launched by the Ulster–Scots Agency to coincide with this year’s annual celebrations, and ties in with a mosaic on the saint’s life in Belfast Cathedral.
Welcome to our weekly round–up of news from around the Church of Ireland’s dioceses and parishes.
