It was a Consecration Service like no other – rows of empty pews, no congregational singing, and liberal use of hand sanitiser before the individual laying on of hands – but at 5.30pm on Thursday the waiting was over for the Rt Rev George Davison – and Connor Diocese finally had a new Bishop!
Congratulations to Connor teenager Lauren who has raised around £850 for the Teenage Cancer Trust by running an incredible 100 miles during August.
The Safeguarding Board for the Church of Ireland has created a new-look website, which was launched this week by Archbishops John McDowell and Michael Jackson.
As children go back to school in September, they will stay in year group bubbles in order to minimize the spread of infection.
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, will reopen its doors to visitors on Friday August 14, and the Dean and his team are hoping lots of people on ‘staycation’ will take the opportunity to discover more about this historic place of worship.
Baby Basics Belfast, a project established by Connor’s North Belfast Centre of Mission in 2017, has earned a Royal seal of approval, thanks to an initiative launched on August 4 by The Duchess of Cambridge.
Alderman John Smyth, Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough, has presented Together Ballyclare with an award from the borough in recognition for the project’s community engagement during the coronavirus pandemic.
“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.
With confirmation from the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive that churches may re-open for public worship from next Monday, June 29, the RCB has reminded parishes of its guidance on returning to in-church worship.
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