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‘Join the flow of justice to abate global boiling and to protect our common home’.
This weekend marks the end of the Season of Creation, 2023, which started on September 1st and ends on October 4th – the feast of St Francis of Assisi. The Season of Creation is an international celebration of God’s handiwork, an ...
The ‘Cephas Programme’ is a new Faith Formation Programme for post-16 students being delivered through Catholic schools in Down and Connor. It is based on the vitality, energy and vision that young adults possess. They are the ‘well-spring’ of the future Church and as such they require the time, space and appropriate learning and teaching ...
Have you ever thought about exploring your faith…or wished that you could broaden your understanding of your faith?
Would you like to explore, discuss and reflect upon issues and questions of faith, the Church, and how to link faith to life?
If your answers are “Yes”, then perhaps Pathways is for you.
No academic qualification necessary and no written ...Down and Connor Diocesan Appointments
July 2023
Having reviewed the pastoral needs of the people of the Diocese of Down and Connor, the Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Donal McKeown, announces the following retirements and has made the following appointments which take effect from Saturday 19th August:
Retirements
Very Rev Anthony Alexander to be Pastor Emeritus.
Very Rev Paul Alexander to ...
Down and Connor Pastoral Letter
From the Apostolic Administrator, Bishop Donal McKeown
Pentecost Sunday, 28th May 2023
In his Pastoral Letter to mark the Feast of Pentecost, Bishop Donal McKeown, Apostolic Administrator, challenged the family of faith in Down and Connor to dare to be part of God’s amazing dream for His people in this Diocese:
“Living in a ...
Pathways to the Future
As a Church we are called to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and share his love in the world. But we realise that our current way of doing things is getting more difficult to sustain. With smaller congregations and fewer priests we have to find new ways to ensure that ...
On the Feast of the Good Shepherd, 29th April, the Irish Bishops are launching a Year for Vocation for Diocesan Priesthood with the theme: “Take the Risk for Christ”.
Fr Stephen Langridge (former National Vocations Director for England and Wales) will lead a weekend of discernment for men considering a call to Priesthood at Drumalis Retreat ...
