Honour for St Polycarp’s Director of Music
At the age of just 29, Simon Neill, Director of Music at St Polycarp’s, Finaghy, Diocese of Connor, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honour’s list.
At the age of just 29, Simon Neill, Director of Music at St Polycarp’s, Finaghy, Diocese of Connor, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honour’s list.
The Diocese of Connor said thank you to its much-loved bishop, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, at a special Service of Thanksgiving to mark his retirement.
St Columba’s Parish, Derryvolgie, set about raising funds for a potentially life-saving defibrillator for the church, and ending up being able to purchase not one, but three defibrillators!
Lollipop man Ivan Gibson is clearly someone who loves his work. Ivan has been helping children, parents and grandparents to cross the road outside Carnmoney Primary School for 16 years.
The annual Black Santa sit-out by the Dean of Belfast gets underway on December 16.
There was plenty of fun, laughter and learning in St Patrick’s, Ballymena, over the course of Connor’s Big Weekend on November 16 and 17.
St Paul’s Parish Church, Lisburn, hosted the Royal British Legion Lisburn Branch Annual Remembrance Day Service on Sunday November 10. Photographs by Norman Briggs.
On this Remembrance Day, we bring you some stories of those who served in past conflicts – first reported in Magheragall Parish magazine, published this month.
A special ‘Songs of Praise’ evening was held in St Cedma’s Parish Church, Larne, on November 2 organised by the Rev Dr Ian Mills, Curate of St Cedma’s, and Patricia McKinley-Hutchinson.
Connor clergy were ‘refreshed and challenged’ by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke, who was the speaker at a clergy quiet morning on November 5.
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