Four Parish Readers, John Gawley, Caroline Morrow, Amanda Strong Carden and Nicola Padden began their ministry in Kilmoremoy Union on Sunday 29th January. The licencing part of the liturgy was in the context of ‘A Service of the Word’ held in Saint Michael’s Church, Ballina. The Rector of Kilmoremoy, Revd...
We left Westport at 7:30 a.m. and after stopping in Collooney and Longford along the way we ended up with 28 students and 4 leaders and of course our friendly bus driver. We made it to Dundrum shopping centre in good time and were able to take in the beautiful...
We have just received the outstanding news that the aid lorries which left Clifden at the end of November have arrived safe and well at the distribution depot in Northern Iraq. The boxes of clothes and blankets which originated in parishes, villages and towns in The West of Ireland will...
Advent Sunday 2016 saw the beginning of a new chapter in the on-going faith journey of Killala Group pf Parishes when Revd Jennifer McWhirter was Introduced by Bishop Patrick Rooke as their Priest in Charge. The Introduction took place in the context of a Service of Lesson and Carols for...
TKA Annual National Schools Service was held in Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam on Friday 18th November. Some 150 pupils and teachers from the five schools in the diocese – Colooney, Ballina, Westport, Galway and Leaffoney – gathered to swap stories, meet and greet each other and have some fun...
It started with a picture of a small boy, dazed and bloodied, sitting in an ambulance after an air strike in Aleppo. It ended with almost 3,000 boxes and bags of direct aid leaving Clifden in The West of Ireland for Syria and Iraq. This is the story of...
TKA Annual Clergy Conference took place between the 12th and 14th October. The venue this year was the excellent Armada Hotel at Spanish Point in County Clare. As we pulled into the hotel car park we were greeted by a stunning view over Spanish Point Bay with it’s golden strand...
Killala Cathedral was pleased to welcome the Ven. Naftaly Lemooke from the diocese of Kajiado, Anglican Church of Kenya, as their harvest preacher on Sunday 2nd October. He was accompanied by the Revd Roger Thompson, CMS Ireland Partnership Co-ordinator for Kenya. He brought greetings from the Bishop of Kajiado, the...
Eleven people attended a diocesan training day for Sunday School teachers and helpers at the McWilliam Park Hotel in Claremorris on Saturday 3rd September. We were joined for the day by Lydia Monds and Lynn Storey from the Sunday School Society / Childrens’ Ministry Network. We had an exciting programme...
The Institution of the Reverend Dr. Andrew Ison to the Ballisodare Group of Parishes took place in Saint Paul’s Church, Colooney on Thursday 6th October. A packed congregation was led in worship by the Rural Dean, Revd Stephen McWhirter, who had been in charge of the parish during the year...
