Good things come in threes, according to an old adage, and for the parishioners of St Patrick’s Church in Donaghmore, Castlefin, Sunday 21st September 2025 was a day of triple celebration, as they marked 300 years of worship in the church, the dedication of the recent works of renovation to the building, and what the…
The congregation of Carrick Parish Church were told by Bishop Andrew that the opening of their new hall on Sunday 14th September (2025) had put “a smile on the face of God”. The broad smiles on people’s faces belied the rather damp conditions as the parishioners were joined by friends from their sister churches in…
Bishop Andrew has thanked the congregation of Tamlaght O’Crilly Parish Church, near Upperlands, for their care and love for their local church down through the years and praised their commitment to the Christian faith. His remarks were made in a sermon during a Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication, on Sunday 7th September 2025, during which…
A large congregation comprising parishioners, clergy and readers from as far away as Inver, Dunfanaghy and Ardstraw filled All Saints’ Church in Newtowncunningham on Friday 5th September to welcome the Taughboyne Group’s new priest, Rev Sean McClafferty. Rev McClafferty becomes the first Ordained Local Minister in the East Donegal parishes and picks up the mantle…
Bishop Andrew has thanked the congregation of Tamlaght O’Crilly Parish Church, near Upperlands, for their care and love for their local church down through the years and praised their commitment to the Christian faith. His remarks were made in a sermon during a Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication, this afternoon, during which the appreciation of…
A large congregation comprising parishioners, clergy and readers from as far away as Inver, Dunfanaghy and Ardstraw filled All Saints’ Church in Newtowncunningham on Friday evening to welcome the Taughboyne Group’s new priest, Rev Sean McClafferty. Rev McClafferty becomes the first Ordained Local Minister in the East Donegal parishes and picks up the mantle worn…
The Cathedral Chapter of St Eunan has been restored to its full complement of Canons following a service in Raphoe on Tuesday evening, 24th June 2025, during which Rev Canon David Skuce was installed as Prebendary of Clondehorkey, succeeding Rev Canon David Crooks who retired last August. Clergy from other denominations mingled with parishioners from…
There’s an old adage which holds that good things come in threes and that was certainly the case in Kilrea, this evening, St Peter’s Day (Sunday 29th June 2025), where – on an historic evening for the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe – three women were ordained by Rt Rev’d Andrew Forster as priests of…
Members of three parishes in Donegal came face-to-face ‘officially’ with their new Rector for the first time, on Friday evening (20th June 2025), as Rev’d Johnny Lowden was instituted as the incumbent of the Stranorlar, Meenglass & Kilteevogue CofI Group in the beautiful Finn Valley. It was a glorious evening for a service marking the…
“It is quite something,” Bishop Andrew Forster said this evening, “to come into a building as Mr James Shiels and to leave it as the Reverend James Shiels.” The Bishop was preaching to the congregation in Glendermott Parish Church in general, and addressing James in particular, at his Ordination Service as Deacon. “It is quite…
