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Bishop’s Letter January 2022

January looks both ways, backwards to the old year and forward to the new year. Another year opens, covered with the Covid cloud which is proving hard to lift. We are weary of Covid and want it consigned to the pages of history. It is difficult to plan anything with any degree of certainty. All […]

Christmas Message from Bishop Ferran Glenfield 2021

Christmas comes in packages. Courier companies deliver packages to our doors. Some people book a hotel package for Christmas Day. Christmas parcels are wrapped in seasonal paper to be opened on the big day. Christmas comes in packages. St. Luke packages the first Christmas story for us in his Gospel. He wants us to see, […]

Cathedral Appointments in KEA

The modern dioceses of the Church of Ireland, including Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, were formed at the Synods of Rathbreasail in 1111 and Kells-Mellifont in 1152. The Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh has two cathedrals at Kilmore and Sligo. The present cathedral in Kilmore was opened in 1860 and replaced an earlier building which […]

Virginia Group of Parishes Avenue of Light 2021

Once again the Virginia Group of Parishes have put up Christmas trees all through the church grounds of Lurgan Church, Virginia to create an Avenue of Light this Christmas 2021. This wonderful community event is raising funds for four charities: Virginia Cancer Care Virginia St. Vincent de Paul UNICEF – Christmas Vaccine Appeal Lurgan Parish […]

Bishops’ Appeal Advent Newsletter

This newsletter highlights just some of the vital work Bishops’ Appeal has funded over the past year and the potential for even more good work to be achieved, with your help, in 2022. It focuses on less than a third of all projects funded throughout the year and so is but a snapshot of what […]

CIYD Day of Prayer 2021

Each year, the Church of Ireland Youth Department organises a Day of Prayer for Young People and Youth Ministry. Beginning this year, it is moving from the Sunday before Lent to the Sunday before Advent. This year, that is Sunday 21st November. For more information, see the Press Release below.   It would be wonderful if […]