Flute Band Church at St Jude’s Parish, Muckamore, has appointed Ryan Mairs to the new post of Outreach Worker. Ryan will be attending parades over the summer, reaching out to the men and women in the marching band community. Ryan…
Education grants are now available to encourage those from the Diocese of Connor or the united Dioceses of Down and Dromore who may be planning to undertake studies which will be of benefit to the wider work and ministry of…
This year’s Connor MU Festival service on Sunday April 10 was a celebration of the 140th anniversary of Mothers’ Union and the 90th birthday of MU Patron Her Royal Highness the Queen. The speaker at the service was Phyllis Grothier,…
Emmalee Wray, a teenage parishioner of St Patrick’s Parish Church, Broughshane, will be a leading light in the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations! The 17-year-old from Carnlough has been selected to help Her Majesty light the first in a chain of…
Connor Diocese’s second annual Equipped Training morning was held in Antrim Parish Halls on Saturday April 16. There was a great turnout, and Connor Children’s Project Officer Jill Hamilton thanked all the leaders who came along to make the event…
The Rev Canon George Irwin has retired after 27 years as rector of St Mark’s, Ballymacash. A Farewell Evening was held on April 16 in the Parochial Hall and was attended by around 200 parishioners Writing an Open Letter to…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, has extended his condolences to the Rev Canon Denise Acheson on the death of her daughter Ruth. Canon Acheson was until recently Dean’s Vicar at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. Bishop Alan…
Belfast City remembered those who died in the Blitz 75 years ago at a poignant service of commemoration in St Anne’s Cathedral on Sunday April 17 Hundreds attended the ecumenical service led by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev…
The Rev Andrew Campbell, Curate Assistant of the Parish of Bangor Abbey, has been appointed as Incumbent of the Parish of Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin. Andrew, who is married to Allison, was ordained as a deacon in September 2012 and…
Congratulations to Derriaghy parishioner Norah Wright, who celebrated her 100th birthday on April 3. Norah, who lives in Lisburn, received a birthday visit from her rector, the Rev Canon John Budd, and the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan…
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