A man who made ‘the vision of the living Christ a reality’ in the heart of Belfast was commemorated by the unveiling of a Blue Plaque at St Anne’s Cathedral. The Plaque remembers Belfast’s first Black Santa, Dean Sammy Crooks,…
Music graduate Lisa Carson will be bringing an all singing, all dancing group of friends with her when she visits her home parish of St Paul’s, Lisburn, on December 14. For Lisa is a singing teacher with the African Children’s…
The Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann, will launch the 38th Belfast Cathedral Sit-out for charities on Friday December 12. The launch has been brought forward – it usually begins a week before Christmas Eve – to coincide…
Heritage Lottery Fund has announced that £15 million of non-Lottery money is available in funding grants for Places of Worship. HLF say the money was announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, and will be administered by HLF’s parent body –…
A seasonal extravaganza for the entire community on the theme ‘Joy to the world’ was held in historic Lisburn Cathedral on Sunday December7. Co-ordinated by Mrs Heather Gibson, the event told the Christmas story imaginatively through live music and flowers. …
The Mission to Seafarers’ gift wrapping team has been busy getting all the Christmas gifts donated to the Mission ready for distribution to visiting seafarers. Many of these seafarers will be a long way from home when they call into…
Belfast’s Black Santa, the Dean of Belfast, has received a prestigious award for ‘reflecting the true, unquenchable spirit of Christmas.’ The name of the Very Rev John Mann has been added to an impressive list of recipients of the Roll…
The final speaker in this year’s Autumn Talks series at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Wednesday December 10 is the Rev Grace Clunie. Grace is an Anglican Priest and Director of The Centre for Celtic Spirituality, an inter-church organisation based…
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