Rain, wind and bitter cold did not deter the hardy ladies from Connor Mothers’ Union from their annual nine mile hike as part of the Belfast Marathon. Every year the ladies put their best feet forward to complete the May…
The Parish of Cloghfern will hold a special service to celebrate its 60th anniversary on Ascension Day, Thursday May 17 at 7.30pm. Guest preacher will be the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor, and the service will be followed…
A group of 18 parishioners from St John’s, Malone, have recently returned from an 11 day pilgrimage to Egypt and Jordan, led by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann. The pilgrimage had been booked before Dean Mann…
The Rev Mark Niblock will be introduced as Priest in Charge of St Comgall’s, Rathcoole, at a service on Tuesday May 8. Mark, 34, has been curate assistant in Agherton Parish, Portstewart, since his ordination in June 2008. Married to…
Report and photographs courtesy of Loraine Watt St Patrick’s, Ballymena, hosted a special Diamond Jubilee Service for the various district councils in Co Antrim on Sunday April 29. The church was packed with mayors and other dignitaries from across the…
Around 150 people were in St Columba’s, Derryvolgie, on May 2 for the second of nine rural deanery meetings taking place as part of Connor Diocese’s Vision Strategy. Clergy, select vestry members and parishioners from the seven parishes in the…
The Archdeacon of Connor, the Ven Dr Stephen McBride, Vicar of Antrim, is currently providing the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster each Thursday morning. In his first broadcast on April 26, he reflected on the benefits of…
Due to demand, the deadline for orders for New Testaments to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has been extended. A number of Connor parishes have already ordered the New Testaments which have been commissioned b the Church of England. They…
Rydal Hall in the English Lake District was the location for Connor Diocese’s 2012 Continuing Education in Ministry (CEM) retreat. The hall is the conference and Retreat Centre of the Diocese of Carlisle. The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev…
Report and pictures by John KellyThe Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Brian Heading, hosted a reception for leaders of St Paul’s Girls’ Brigade in the Mayor’s Parlour, Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, on Monday April 30 to mark the 50th anniversary of…
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