Catherine Little has been appointed new General Secretary of the Bible Society in Northern Ireland. Catherine, whose wide experience includes working with the Church of Ireland Youth Department, will join the Society on April 1. She succeeds John Doherty who…
Care for the Family is hosting a special holiday for single parents and their children in Co Fermanagh this summer. This is a national charity which aims to promote strong family life and to help those who face family difficulties….
Almost 120 people were at Dunluce Parish Centre in Bushmills on Wednesday February 17 for the Bishop of Connor’s first Lent Seminar on the theme of Grace. The Rt Rev Alan Abernethy has now delivered this seminar in Jordanstown and…
More than 150 people of all ages came attended a dinner and social evening in Lisburn Cathedral on Valentine’s Night in support of Love for Life’s EVERY campaign. This was launched in Connor Diocese in January by Love for Life,…
Lambeg Parish said farewell to the Rev Canon Kenneth McReynolds and his family at a social evening on Friday February 12. Canon McReynolds retired as rector of Lambeg on January 31 after serving there for almost 26 years. Before coming…
The Rev Canon Sam Wright, rector of Lisburn Cathedral, has been appointed the new Dean of Connor, by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy. He succeeds Dean John Bond, who retired in January. The new Dean is…
St Aidan’s Parish in south Belfast has partnered with the Trussell Trust and now sends a monthly collection and donates food four times a year to the South Belfast Community Food Bank. One of the initiatives of local churches working…
The Spring 2016 issue of Connor Connections is out and is available free of charge to all parishioners. This issue, featuring on the cover prayers written by children at Messy Church in Ballymena in October (which drew a crowd of…
The inaugural Clive West Memorial Lecture takes place in All Saints’ Church, Belfast, on Monday February 22 at 7.45pm. Speaker is the Rev Dr Ashley Null whose topic is ’The Faith at the heart of the Book of Common Prayer.’…
Members of the Knotty Knitters, a newly formed knitting club at St Colmanell’s parish, Ahoghill, have been busy knitting hats and scarves for the Mission to Seafarers and Twiddle Mitts for patients with dementia. The mitts provide something patients can…
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