Archdeacon Stephen McWhirter is not just a Sower of the Seed of the Good News of the Gospel, he is also an Sewer Extraordinaire! A man of many talents. When Stephen realised that Ballina Costume Company, who rent the old school in Ballina from St Michael’s Church, were making PPE...
“O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever” (Psalm 118:1) From my point of view at least, it could hardly have been more appropriate that Psalm 118 is set for today’s Morning Office. Many of its phrases are well known and...
Virtual Voices of St. Nicholas' Schola Cantorum sing a seasonal favourite: Charles Wood's arrangement of the ancient Dutch tune Vreuchten, setting G.R. Woodward's ebullient Easter text. #Easter #Eastertide #EasterBlessings Posted by St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway on Sunday, 19 April 2020 Christ is Risen! For Easter Day, St Nicholas' Schola...
“Early on the first day of the week while it was still dark…” John 20:1 The Easter story begins in darkness, in a time of great fear, sorrow and despair. The disciples were nowhere to be seen but were hidden away behind locked doors fearing for their lives. That description...
General Synod 2020 The holding of the General Synod from 7th-9th May 2020 in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, has been cancelled, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The move to do so was proposed by the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod, and passed unanimously by resolution of the...
The on line version of the Church of Ireland Gazette April edition is FREE this month. You can download the magazine at https://gazette.ireland.anglican.org/cofi-gazette-april-2020/.
Little did we imagine that life would change so suddenly and so dramatically for us all. It seems within a few days our world has been turned upside down. What was accepted as our normal daily routine is now far from normal. For many of us in full-time employment it...
Coronavirus is spreading quickly throughout Ireland and we have all had to take major steps to protect ourselves and others. The indications are that this virus will be with us for some months and I urge all in our Diocese to take the necessary precautions as directed by the Chief...
