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May
13
2024
Bishop Andrew extols value of curacies at General Synod
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Rt Rev Andrew Forster, spoke passionately about the value of curacies during debate about the RB Report presented to the General Synod on Friday 10th May 2024. “We’re finding it more challenging for parishes to have curates,” Bishop Andrew said, “and it’s mainly for financial reasons. And the formation…
May
13
2024
Living out reconciliation in a conflicted world
General Synod Presidential Address by Archbishop John McDowell (May 10th, 2024) The Church of Ireland’s Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell, used his Presidential Address at the 2024 General Synod in Armagh to explore how members of the Church could live out a life of reconciliation. The General Synod was returning to the city…
Apr
29
2024
Diocesan Review could be a “morale boost”, Canon Katie McAteer tells newly commissioned parish officers
Dozens of parishioners from throughout the Derry Rural Deanery were commissioned at a service in All Saints Clooney on Sunday evening to serve as churchwardens, secretaries and treasurers, glebewardens and select vestry members, and to sit on parish safeguarding trust panels or serve as safeguarding volunteers. Select Vestries from St Columb’s Cathedral; St Augustine’s; Christ…
Apr
27
2024
Flora, fauna and fellowship at fun day in Gortin Forest
Our SEEDS Children’s Ministry chose a magnificent day for youngsters to see the splendour of God’s creation during a visit to Gortin Glen Forest Park in County Tyrone earlier today. The children were there for a special Family Fun Day for young people with additional needs and they were rewarded with a bright, dry day,…
Apr
20
2024
New Rector called to the “Promised Land of Leckpatrick and Dunnalong”
The new Rector of Leckpatrick and Dunnalong, Rev Andrea Cotter, was instituted on Friday evening (April 19th, 2024) at a service in a packed St Patrick’s Church in Ballymagorry, which drew many of her new parishioners from Bready and Ballymagorry, along with parishioners from All Saints Clooney – where she had served her curacy –…
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