Bishop requests prayers for those to be ordained

Thursday September 4th 2014

The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, has requested that prayers be offered in the Churches of the Diocese for those who are to be ordained this month.

The Rev Roderick Smyth is to be ordained priest to serve the Curacy of St John’s, Malone at a service in St John’s, Malone, at 3.30pm on Sunday September 7.

Four new deacons will be ordained in a service in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, at 3.30pm on Sunday September 14.

They are: Julie Bell – to serve an Internship in Glenavy Parish; Philip Benson – to serve an Internship in the Grouped Parishes of Finaghy and Upper Malone; Cameron Jones – to serve an Internship in Carrickfergus Parish; and Isobel Hawthorne–Steele – to serve an Internship in the Grouped Parishes of Ahoghill and Portglenone.