WHEN LOSS AND GRIEF STRIKE A PASTORAL SHORT COURSE OF SUPPORT IN TIMES OF LOSS AND GRIEF Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when someone or something you love is taken away. In these times of Covid 19, many of us have...
Following recent disturbances in Northern Ireland, the Church Leaders Group (Ireland) has written an open letter to political leaders in Northern Ireland, the Governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the European Union. The full letter reads as follows: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the...
One of the words which we associate most strongly with Easter is “hope”. It is a word that has become a bit debased in the way we use it nowadays. “I hope so,” very often means “I would like to think this or that might happen, but I doubt if...
A Joint Statement to the Members of the Church of Ireland from the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin The Most Revd John McDowell & The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson Love our neighbour • Protect our communities The Archbishops of the Church of Ireland have issued the...
TO DONATE PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW www.idonate.ie/TKAfundraiser The diocese is raising money for a new project in the diocese of Kajiado in Kenya. We will be partnering with Water Drops, and raising money for a pump house which is planned for the new bore hole at Imaroro...
Statement from the Bishop, the Rt Rev Patrick Rooke in relation to the Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation I welcome the Statement from the two Church of Ireland Archbishops in relation to the Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. The Report...
A Joint Statement from the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin in relation to the Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation The Most Revd John McDowell & The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson The Most Revd John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of...
2020 is a year which we will never forget. It is a year in which the gathering darkness sometimes seemed as though it might overcome the way we live. Darkened and deserted streets, shuttered up shops and businesses, even closed places of worship. Fears that our health services might be...
The Institution of Revd. Canon Jen McWhirter to Aughaval Group of Parishes ( Westport, Castlebar, Turlough and Achill ) took place in Holy Trinity Church, Westport on Thursday 10th December. Canon Jen has been de facto Incumbent of Aughaval since early spring 2020. However, Jen’s actual Institution was delayed and...
