The new Archdeacon of Dalriada, the Ven Stephen Forde, is in southern Sudan this week bringing greetings from Connor to its new partner diocese of Yei. Archdeacon Forde will attend and lead devotions at the Yei Diocesan Synod, which meets…
Canon Barry Dodds, new Archdeacon of Belfast, took the Declarations in the presence of the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Harper, and the Rev William Taggart, Registrar of Connor, on Friday, January 26. Canon Dodds, rector of St…
The General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, Joel Edwards, will be guest speaker at a special evening in Christ Church, Lisburn, this month. Joe will address the topic ‘Truly Gracious – is the Church good news for our community?’ The…
Mrs Moira Thom, a parishioner at Christ Church, Lisburn, is the new President of Connor Mothers’ Union. Moira, 50, succeeds Mrs Norma Bell, Eglantine Parish. She and husband Edmund have three children, Louise, Rachael and Robin. Moira first became involved…
A new Crozier has been commissioned for future Bishops of Connor. Before Christmas, the current Bishop, the Rt Rev Alan Harper, commissioned goldsmith Graham Harron of Killylea to design and make a new Crozier for the diocese. The existing Crozier,…
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Harper, has been elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland. Making the announcement in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Wednesday…
Two Connor parishioners have received awards in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Dr Donald Davison, long serving organist at St John’s, Malone, receives an MBE for services to music in Northern Ireland, while Mrs Rosemary Peters-Gallagher, honorary treasurer in…
Members of the Mothers’ Union of St Paul's parish, Lisburn, took up the suggestion of the rector the Rev James Carson, and prepared 24 Christmas party box'es for young families who belong to or have associations with the parish. Each…
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