Early on Shrove Tuesday, the folks from Christ Church, Ballynure, and St John’s, Ballyclare, braved the weather to serve up some delicious pancakes to the local community and share God’s love through a simple act of generosity. More than 200…
The Dean of Belfast released £7,000 from Black Santa funds to Christian Aid in an immediate response to reports that South Sudan is in the grip of famine The charity says that 100,000 people are at risk of starvation, and…
Applications are now invited for scholarships offered by the Connor and Down & Dromore Organ Scholarship Board. Scholarships are tenable for three years, subject to a satisfactory assessment at the end of the first and second years. Tuition is given…
A reminder that the Bishop of Connor’s Lent course will this year run on three evenings and not six as in previous years. Bishop Alan will deliver his talk on the theme Stewards of Creation in each of Connor’s three…
The final stained glass window panels at St Mark’s Church in the Parish of Ballymacash were dedicated by the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor. on Sunday February 26. This completes the series of stunning high level window panels…
The spring issue of the diocesan magazine Connor Connections should be in parishes this weekend, so be sure and pick up your copy. The full colour magazine, available free to every household in the diocese, is printed three times a…
Be Still and Know, an introduction to centering prayer, will take place in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast on Saturday, March 4 from 9.45am–1pm. Speaker at this event, which is organised by St Anne’s Cathedral and the Corrymeela Community, is the…
The rector of Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, described the experience of preaching in St Apollo Church on Sunday as ‘a real privilege and a blessing.’ The Rev Paul Dundas and fellow team members Audrey Knowles, Jane Marks, Beth Harris, Beverley…
Members of Agherton MU and the parish Knit & Natter group have had their needles clacking in support of two organisations working with orphans and children with life limiting illnesses in Romania. Today, Monday February 20, the MU will welcome…
The Right Rev Dr Samuel Poyntz, a former Bishop of Connor, died peacefully on Saturday February 18. Bishop Poyntz was Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross from 1978-87 and Bishop of Connor from 1987-95. There will be a private family…
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