Diocese of Down & Dromore

Sharing life–saving expertise with the Chaco

Clean and safe drinking water is something we tend to take for granted in the UK but that’s not the case in many parts of the world.

A message from our Bible Week speaker

With just over a month to go before our 10th Bible Week, here’s a short message from our speaker, Revd Dr Iain Provan, the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent...

For your prayers: an update from Maridi, South Sudan

Please continue to pray for South Sudan where the political situation remains extremely tense and the spectre of renewed civil war looms large. 

Praying for the persecuted church

The Anglican Communion News Service has highlighted the Church of Ireland Council for Mission’s prayer appeal to support persecuted Christians around the world. The Council’s honor...

Cathedral appoints a Roman Catholic Ecumenical Canon

St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, has appointed the Very Revd Edward O’Donnell, Parish Priest of St Brigid’s, Belfast, as an Ecumenical Canon.

Messy Families Fun at Mount Merrion Church

Mount Merrion’s Messy Families holiday scheme is underway at the church and will run every day this week.

Young volunteers ‘Step Up’ to leadership in Project 6:8

Ballymacarrett remembers the Somme fallen

St Patrick’s Ballymacarrett marked the Centenary of The Battle of the Somme with a Flower Festival to remember the fallen. The Festival, which ran over the opening weekend of July,...