CMSI Partnership Co–ordinator Jenny Smyth has visited South Sudan to see how the Church is responding to the ongoing crisis there. The crisis erupted last December when a political row spiralled into tribal warfare. The Church of Ireland Gazette (publication…
There was plenty of excitement, dressing up and last minute rehearsals in advance of the GFS Display in St Patrick’s Parish Church, Ballymena, Diocese of Connor. This year’s display took the theme of ‘The Tomb’ and featured some superb costumes….
More than 1,000 people queued up to be part of an audience with PSNI Chief Matt Baggott when he joined the Passion for Life Mission in Coleraine. Chief Constable, Matt Baggott, CBE, QPM, was the special guest at the opening…
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, has now two ecumenical canons by the name of Ruth Patterson! This follows the appointment by the Dean and Chapter of St Anne’s of the Rev Ruth Patterson as a Methodist ecumenical canon in succession to…
St Mary Magdalene Parish Church in Donegall Pass, Belfast, is to host a Songs of Praise evening led by the 1st BB Old Boys’ Silver Band. This takes place on Sunday April 27, beginning at 7pm, and all are welcome.
St Mark’s, Ballymacash, holds its annual Holy Week Discussion Forum on Tuesday April 15. Seize the Day, a discussion forum on putting faith into practice, takes place at 8pm in the Parish Hall, and everyone is welcome. Forum chairman is…
St Mary Magdalene, Belfast, will host the Belfast Battalion Boys’ Brigade Annual Parade and Service on Sunday April 13 at 3.15pm. The Preacher will be the Right Rev Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore.
St John’s, Fivemiletown, was filled to capacity when hundreds of members of the Ulster Regiment Church Lads’ & Church Girls’ Brigade paraded to the Church for their Annual Service. The Brigade marched round Fivemiletown led by Murley Silver and Cavanaleck…
Congratulations to Margaret Dunbar, a parishioner of St Brigid’s, Mallusk, Diocese of Connor, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Wednesday April 9. Margaret received a special visit from her rector, the Rev Bill Boyce, and the Bishop of Connor, the Rt…
‘Quiet Peacemakers,’ a unique exhibition which was recently launched in Stormont’s Long Gallery will be on display in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Monkstown, during Holy Week. The exhibition features 32 ‘quiet peacemakers’ whose portraits were painted by local…
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