TKA Diocesan Fun Day was held in Lough Key Forest Park on Saturday 18th May. The day was promised wet and wild but a goodly number of hardy folk donned wet gear and wellies and came along for the ‘crac’. As it happened the rain stayed off till about mid-afternoon
Read More →The Ministry of Healing has had a long and distinguished history in the Church of Ireland. In many parishes, not least in TKA, various expressions of this ministry are exercised across Ireland in such things as dedicated Church Services and Prayer Groups. Some in our own Diocese may
Read More →The Bishop of TKA, Rt. Revd. Patrick Rooke, has had a new appointment added to the list of his responsibilities. From autumn 2013 he will assume the chair of the Bishops’ Appeal, taking over from the outgoing chair, Rt. Revd. Michael Burrows. TKA works closely with Bishops Appeal (
Read More →The Dean of Killala, Very Revd Wendy Callan, said her official au revoir to the clergy of TKA in Galway Rectory on 7th May. Most of the diocesan team were in Galway for the bi-monthly Clergy Book Club. After lunch, the ladies and gentlemen gathered in the dinning room
Read More →Bishop Mark Strange, Dean Clifford Piper and Canon Alison Simpson, three clerical members of our Link Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness, visited TKA from 29th April until 2nd May. Canon Neil O’Raw and Dean Alistair Grimason met the visitors in Dublin airport on Monday 29th and traversed
Read More →A DIOCESAN EVENING…………all are invited in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris on Thursday 13th June 8pm With much debate at present on the issues of same-sex marriage, gay clergy and attitudes to those of a homosexual orientation, we have been encouraged to take time as a diocesan family
Read More →This year the Diocesan Fun Day will be held in Lough Key Forest Park on Saturday 18th May. We will gather at the Forest Car Park from 11.30am where someone will be on hand to direct folk to the various entrances and attractions. Where lunch is concerned, there will be
Read More →DIOCESE OF TUAM, KILLALA AND ACHONRY OMEY GROUP:CLIFDEN PRIEST IN CHARGE ( Part-Time ) for this small group of parishes in the heart of Connemara & KILMOREMOY UNION: BALLINA INCUMBENCY for this union of four churches ( three Sunday Services) along the north Mayo/Sligo coast Closing date for applications Monday
Read More →The clergy of TKA and their spouses gathered in the Castle Court Hotel Westport on Monday 22nd April 2013 to say their Farewells to Denis and Lesley Sandes as Denis slips quietly into retirement from the stipendiary ministry. The occasion, which was arranged by the secretary of the TKA Clerical
Read More →The Annual Diocesan Mother’s Union Service of Enrolment was held this year in Ballymote Church on Sunday 14th April. During the service the new Diocesan President, Mrs Alison Rooke, was commissioned by Bishop Patrick Rooke as was the Diocesan Chaplain, Revd. Andrea Wills. The preacher at the service was Very
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