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Christ Church celebrates partnership with Ugandan school

Monday February 28th 2022

A service reflecting on a special day and journey for the parish of Christ Church, Lisburn, and the school community at St Apollo, Kisizi, Uganda, was held in Christ Church on February 27.

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Unique service as Bishop George installed in Lisburn Cathedral

Monday February 21st 2022

A special and, in the words of the Dean of Connor ‘probably unique,’ Service of Installation took place in Lisburn Cathedral on February 20.

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Pick up your spring issue of ‘Connor Connections’

Friday February 18th 2022

The spring issue of our diocesan magazine Connor Connections will be in parishes this weekend, so please pick up your free copy.

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220 charities gather to receive Black Santa funding

Monday February 7th 2022

Representatives of more than 200 charities came together in Belfast Cathedral on Sunday February 6 for the annual Good Samaritans Service at which £150,000 raised by December’s Black Santa Sit-out was formally distributed.

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Belfast Cathedral marks Holocaust Memorial Day

Friday January 28th 2022

Belfast Cathedral marked Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, at its 1pm Lunchtime Prayer Service with special prayers appropriate for the commemoration.

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee choir competition

Friday January 21st 2022

Choirs are invited to record a specially-written Platinum Jubilee anthem to be released on YouTube featuring choirs from around the world.

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Adventure day for Connor youth at Shane’s Castle

Monday January 17th 2022

It was cold and mucky, but young people from across Connor Diocese had a fantastic experience when they visited Escarmouche Action Park at Shane’s Castle on January 15.

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Billy and Jenny Smyth set to visit Yei Diocese

Friday January 14th 2022

CMS Ireland Mission Director Jenny Smyth and her husband Billy, a mission partner with the organisation, will fly to Connor’s partner diocese of Yei, South Sudan, on January 18.

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Gratitude and hope in the Black Santa Diaries

Tuesday January 4th 2022

You could be forgiven for thinking that when Dean Stephen Forde vacated the steps of St Anne’s on Christmas Eve, the annual Black Santa sit-out was over for another year.

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