St Patrick’s, Ballymena, was packed for a Service of Ordination of Priests in Connor Diocese on Sunday September 4.
At the service, the Rev Dennis Christie was ordained to serve as curate in the Parish of Ballymena; the Rev Aaron McAlister to serve as curate in All Saints’, Antrim; and the Rev Isobel Hawthorne-Steel to serve as curate in St Paul and St Barnabas, Belfast.
Dennis served his internship in the Parish of Muckamore; Aaron in the Parish of Ballywillan (Portrush) and Isobel in the Grouped Parishes of Ahoghill and Portglenone.
They were ordained on Sunday by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, who also preached. More photos can be viewed at on the Ballymena Parish Facebook Page.
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