Diocese of Down & Dromore

26 Sep 2014

Education charity celebrates 50 years

This year is an exciting one for

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24 Sep 2014

Revd Francey McCrea installed as canon in Down Cathedral

Dean of Down, The Very Revd Henry Hull, has installed Revd Francey McCrea, rector of St Brendan’s Parish, Sydenham, as a canon of Down Cathedral. The service took place on...

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23 Sep 2014

Earl of Wessex visits Down Cathedral

HRH The Earl of Wessex has visited Down Cathedral as part of his 2 day visit to Northern Ireland. He is the first Royal visitor to the Cathedral in 74 years.

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23 Sep 2014

The visiting preacher who didn’t visit!

Donaghadee Parish recently made creative use of technology when they launched their 

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23 Sep 2014

Meet Chris Sanlon, one of our new young Lay Preachers

Hi, I’m Chris Sanlon, I’m 29 and from Belfast – currently living about 5 minutes away from St Finnian’s Church, Cregagh.  My background in terms of education is in computers...

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23 Sep 2014

Bishop Darren and Karen McCartney on UTV tonight

A new one hour documentary, Soul of the Arctic, to be shown on UTV this evening at 9.00 pm, will look at the extraordinary life of the former rector of Knocknamuckley, the Revd...

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20 Sep 2014

Over 1/3 of betting shops are in the most deprived 10% of council wards in NI, charity finds

New data compiled by the social policy charity CARE and published on 19 September reveals that there are 312 active betting shop licences in Northern Ireland with the majority...

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20 Sep 2014

Bangor Parish hosts our first Mission Breakfast

The diocese has held its first Mission Breakfast in the beautifully renovated St Comgall’s in Bangor as part of the final preparations for our Year of Mission 2015.

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