Legendary Achill man James Kilbane will be in Holy Trinity Church in Westport on Friday October 21 at 8pm with his full band for a great night of Country Gospel Music. The night is a major fundraiser for repairs to this remarkable church, one of the glories of the West...
‘As a mother who lives a comfortable life, I can’t sit by and watch the suffering of millions without doing something.’ So writes Samara Levy on her website ‘Samara’s Aid Appeal’ ( http://www.samarasaidappeal.org ) As we watched the appaling tragedy of the Refugee Crisis in and around Syria which has...
September 8th and the commemoration of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary marked the fifth anniversary of my consecration as Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. So with five years of episcopal ministry under my belt, this is my sixth Presidential Address to our Diocesan Synod. From a diocesan...
DAVID RITCHIE, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED CHIEF OFFICER & SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH BODY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND, TALKS TO PETER CHENEY OF THE C of I PRESS OFFICE ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR THE ROLE. DAVID, CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CAREER TO DATE? I have had a varied...
The Ison family are really looking forward to their move to the Ballisodare Group of Parishes and wanted to tell you a little bit about themselves. Andrew is currently working as a vicar in East Yorkshire where he has oversight of five churches, four in villages and a larger church...
We were blessed with a perfect day to cycle – bright, cool and a light breeze. A total of 26 TKA cyclists gathered at the back of the Mulranny Park Hotel for our Diocesan Cycle to raise funds for our new ‘Maji’ water project in Kenya. We set off...
There is a wonderful moment in the final scene of Frank McGuinness’s iconic play, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme, when the young Ulster soldiers, about to go ‘over the top’ on the morning of 1st July 1916, start discussing the rival merits of the rivers of...
A good crowd from TKA numbering 43 adults and 12 children enjoyed the Diocesan Fun Day on Clare Island on 28th May. We went to across on the 11.00am ferry from Roonagh Quay under clear blue skies. Once on the island we enjoyed a range of activities. Some people chose...
