Streetreach Online happening across the diocese
With participants from 12 different parishes across Connor Diocese, Streetreach Online is off to a great start!
With participants from 12 different parishes across Connor Diocese, Streetreach Online is off to a great start!
“When you come back to church things will look a bit different and be a bit different for now anyway,” Archbishop John McDowell explains in a new video for parishes preparing to return to in-church worship.
A little piece of history came crashing down in the early hours of Thursday June 25, in the form of an ancient Spanish Chestnut Tree in the graveyard at St Patrick’s Church, Cairncastle.
As always, the Rev Canon Mark Taylor set tastebuds tingling as he cooked up a treat for the Connor Summer Madness Sub Camp Bishop’s barbecue.
Rain did not deter people from attending a joint churches drive-in service in Ballyclare on Sunday June 28, with 130 cars parked up in the Sixmile Leisure Centre carpark.
A statement from the Most Rev John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, on the day that churches on the island of Ireland were permitted to reopen for public worship, June 29.
The parishes of Christ Church and St John’s in Ballyclare and Templepatrick are supporting local families with the launch of the new ‘Pick up a Picnic’ initiative.
St Bartholomew’s Parish Church, Stranmillis, held its annual Service of Celebration for Children’s Ministry on Sunday June 28 via Zoom.
The following statement has been issued by the Most Rev John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, on the Northern Ireland Executive’s announcement in relation to the Coronavirus Recovery Plan and returning to public worship:
Today, June 25, clergy and lay people should have been gathering in Ballymoney for the annual Diocesan Synod. As this is not possible due to the Covid-19 restrictions, we invite you to take a walk down memory lane and enjoy some pictures from Synods of old.
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