The parishioners of Conwal with Gartan have today been finding out the name of their new Rector. Heโs the Rev Adrian Dorrian, currently Vicar of the Lecale Area Mission Partnership (LAMP parishes) in the Diocese of Down & Dromore and a former president of Church Mission Society Ireland. A date has yet to be arranged…
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ท ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ…
There was a large congregation in St Columb’s Cathedral, on Sunday 1st December, for one of the highlights of the festive season, the traditional candlelight Advent Procession. Based on the Great Advent Antiphons, the service is held in deep affection by a devoted congregation, many of whom return year after year to listen to readings,…
The Diocese of Derry & Raphoe has published a new, free prayer resource, โBuilding Hope, Charting the Futureโ, to help people pray for our Church and the community. The pocket-sized booklet reflects the issues and realities that many of Godโs people are grappling with currently, such as the cost-of-living crisis, ill health, loneliness and anxiety….
Two parishes in Londonderry have been recognised in this yearโs Kingโs Awards for Voluntary Service, which celebrate the โoutstanding workโ of volunteer groups โ โunsung heroesโ โ throughout the UK. Theyโre among 22 groups in Northern Ireland named in this yearโs list, which also includes Ulster Project Derry/Londonderry. Created in 2002 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth…
Hundreds of people gathered at the War Memorial in the centre of Londonderry, this morning, for a service and Act of Remembrance to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives for freedom in the two World Wars and in other, more recent, conflicts. This morning’s Service โ under a benign autumn sky โ was led by…
The Bishop of Kondoa in Tanzania has thanked people here for the warmth of their welcome during his week-long visit to the Northwest to initiate a five-year mission link between his diocese and the Diocese of Derry & Raphoe. Most Rev Dr Given Gaula was speaking in St Eunanโs Cathedral in Raphoe where he preached…
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe has signed a partnership agreement with the Anglican Diocese of Kondoa in Tanzania that could see individuals or groups from both dioceses visiting one another over the next five years to witness and share in work for the Kingdom and supporting one another through prayer, resources and skilled personnel….
Delegates at Diocesan Synod ’24 were given a glimpse of the challenges facing Church โ through falling numbers and looming clerical retirements โ when [on Wednesday 23rd October 2024] the two Archdeacons updated them on the Diocesan Councilโs work on the Diocesan Review announced a year ago. The Archdeacon of Derry, Venerable Robert Miller, reminded…
Bishop Andrew Forster has told delegates at the Derry & Raphoe Diocesan Synod that he has no intention of closing any parish church in the Diocese. His assurance came in his Presidential Address to the 2024 Synod, on Wednesday 23rd October, during which he announced a new partnership โ a five-year companion link โ with…
