Chairing an ordinary session of the Diocesan Synod of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory for the first time, Bishop Wilkinson began with words of thanks to all those who has made him and his wife Jacqui welcome since their arrival nearly a year ago.
Archbishops John McDowell and Michael Jackson and Bishops Ian Ellis, David McClay, Harold Miller and Robin Eames have paid tribute on the announcement of the death of Bishop Gordon McMullan.
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev George Davison, has announced the appointment of two new Canons for the Cathedrals in Connor Diocese following the retirements of Canon George Graham and Canon David Humphries.
“Many of us in Clogher Diocese can … identify with the suffering and death of those caught up in this explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital, and in the wider region.”
Archbishop John McDowell spoke on a range of current issues in the life of our Church and wider society when addressing the Diocese of Armagh’s annual Synod, yesterday (Tuesday, 17th October).
A group of Church of Ireland clergy and friends recently visited the Anglican Centre in Rome.
“Pray for peace and that the dignity and life of every single person in the Land of the Holy One be respected.”
Around 120 young people from parishes across Connor Diocese enthusiastically joined in the fun at the annual Connor Takes the Castle youth residential, held in Castlewellan from October 6–8.
Mrs Joan Bruton received an honorary British Empire Medal on Tuesday, 3rd October, in Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down, in recognition of her role as the retired founder of the Lighthouse Trust Summer School and for her services to the disabled community in Ireland.
