‘Was St Paul Really Converted?’ is the title of the next lunchtime lecture to be given at St Bartholomew’s Church, Stranmillis Road, Belfast. The lecture takes place at 1.10pm on Tuesday November 3. The speaker is the rector of St…
Two information evenings have been organised to help parishes in Connor Diocese and neighbouring Down & Dromore comply with new charities leglislation. The Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 came into force more than a year ago and the Charities Commission…
A Larne church became something of a Noah's Ark on Sunday October 4 with a colourful collection of God's creatures out in force for a unique Blessing of the Animals Service. The event also marked World Animal Day, St Francis…
Larne singing sensation Zolene and the Band are set to play their own special mixture of popular tunes from the 50s, 60s and through the decades at the St Patrick’s with All Saints’ Harvest Supper on October 12. The band…
Eleven senior members of the GFS in Ballymena climbed the 52 steps to the ringing room of St Patrick’s Parish Church to try their hand at bellringing. The ringers are finding it increasingly difficult to attract young people, particularly those…
Mrs Beryl Thompson was commissioned as the GFS President for the Dioceses of Connor and Down & Dromore by the Rector of Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, the Rev Paul Dundas. The commissioning took place on Sunday September 27 at the…
St Mark’s Parish Church, Ballymacash, Lisburn, is hosting a programme of Music for an Autumn Evening on Saturday October 10. The concert, in aid of the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust, will feature music from Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Mendelssohn,…
The second of two teachings on the ‘Prayer of Surrender’ will take place in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Thursday October 8 at 8pm. In this Brother David Jardine, director of Divine Healing Ministries will talk about learning how to…
A service of institution for the new rector of St Patrick’s Parish Church, Coleraine, took place on Friday September 25. The Rev Roger Cooke comes to St Patrick’s from Musselburgh Parish, Edinburgh, but has long established links with the local…
The words of the popular hit song ‘It’s gonna be a good night…’ said it all as hundreds of young people danced the night away (or at least part of it) in the cathedral hall in Lisburn. They had come…
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