Children at Cairncastle Primary School were thrilled to meet Paralympian swimming double gold medallist Dianne McMillan when she visited their school assembly along with local Church of Ireland minister the Rev Roger Thompson. Dressed in her Olympics Torch Relay tracksuit,…
In the fourth of five Thought for the Day reflections on BBC Radio Ulster, the Bishop of Connor revisits the streets of his childhood paper round. The Rt Rev Alan Abernethy says he is grateful for his memories and for…
A Diocesan youth synod due to take place at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Saturday October 6 2012 has been cancelled. Clergy have been advised in a letter signed by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, along with Keith Neill…
The Building Blocks Conferences for children’s ministry leaders and clergy 2012 will take place in Ballymena and Dublin. The Church of Ireland Board of Education NI and the Sunday School Society for Ireland have been part of the organising group…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, will be preaching in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday September 30 at a Service of Ordination of Priests in the Diocese of Dublin.
Up to 4,000 people descended on St Anne’s Cathedral on Culture Night in the Cathedral Quarter on Friday September 21. The programme of short events lasted from 4.30pm until 9.15pm. Tours of the Cathedral and organ recitals, each lasting about…
St Anne’s Cathedral hosted a Service of Choral Evensong on Sunday September 23 to mark the centenary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant. (Download sermon by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann, here)Among the many guests…
In the third of his series of five Thought for the Day slots on BBC Radio Ulster, the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, reflects on his visit to Kenya last December. This Thought was broadcast live on…
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