The annual Black Santa Sitout for Charities at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, takes place from December 17 until Christmas Eve. Over the course of the week, the team of Black Santas, led by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev…
The annual Black Santa Sitout for Charities at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, got underway at 10am on Wednesday December 17. The team of Black Santas, led by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey will stand with…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, is urging families to remember others as they celebrate Christmas together. In his Christmas Message, Bishop Abernethy speaks of the fear about the future due to the economic climate, and remembers…
In his Christmas Message, The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Rev Alan Harper, OBE, stresses the importance of family. The Archbishop draws on his experience as a grandfather and on his trip to the Holy…
Octogenarian David Meharg, a parishioner at St Thomas’s, Lisburn Road, Belfast, has penned a beautiful poem for Christmas. Mr Meharg wrote ‘A nativity of the greatest consequence and the awful events thereafter’ more than two years ago. By publishing the…
Full details of the new Masters in Theology curriculum approved by the University Council of Trinity College are available on the Ministry Formation Project website. The website also includes video interviews with Archbishop Alan Harper, Bishop Michael Jackson and the…
Bells rang out from churches across the world on Sunday December 6 in support of action on climate change. The international event was organised by charities to coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference which took place in Poznan, Poland,…
Many congratulations to Miss Margaret Dunlop from Glenarm, who celebrated her 105th birthday on December 9. Miss Dunlop was a member of St. Patrick's Parish Select Vestry, Glenarm, for more than 50 years, and one of the first to congratulate her…
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