FIVE local men have braved the elements and taken to the road in a bid to raise funds for a Brookeborough church. Kenny Dunlop, Iain Lendrum, Drew Robinson, Adrian Dunlop and Aghavea parish rector, Rev Johnny McLoughlin set off on a lap of lower Lough Erne on Friday. Four cyclists and the rector on his […]
Mass cancelled for first time in living memory
CHURCHES in Fermanagh have taken the decision to cancel Mass and normal church services. The announcement that the Catholic Diocese of Clogher was suspending public Masses came toward the end of last week – the first time Masses have been cancelled in living memory. Bishop Larry Duffy said, “Having consulted with priests and lay people […]
Shock at sudden death of leading cleric
“He was a faithful pastor and friend to everyone, especially when parishioners found themselves going through difficult times.”
Found: the invaluable church records dumped by thieves
THERE has been cause for great celebration in Derrylin as valuable church records stolen by thieves and subsequently discovered dumped in an Offaly bog were returned to Fermanagh. The decades of irreplaceable records stored in a safe in the Holy Trinity Church of Ireland rectory had been stolen two months ago. News that the records […]
Shock and dismay as thieves prey on Derrylin church
DECADES worth of ‘irreplaceable’ records have been stolen from the Church of Ireland Rectory in Derrylin. The church safe was taken from the Rectory attached to Kinawley and Holy Trinity Parish Church between the hours of 11.30am and 7.30pm on Thursday 8 November. The safe contained nothing of monetary value, however it did contain a […]
Tributes to clergyman who died, aged 100
WARM tributes have been paid to one of Fermanagh’s oldest residents, Canon Aubrey Northridge, who has died at the age of 100. Late of Goblusk, Killadeas, the retired Church of Ireland minister passed away peacefully on New Year’s Eve at Tilery Nursing Home in Florencecourt. His death came just over six months […]
‘Heartless thieves’ leave church caretaker distraught
THE caretaker of ‘Ireland’s smallest church’, Coolbuck Church of Ireland near Garvary, off the Tempo road out of Enniskillen, has hit out at thieves who, last week, stole two hand-cut stone caps that were laid around 1862.
Garrison church facelift nearing completion
WORK on the newly retored Garrison Parish Church is almost complete.
Parishes welcome new African Minister
A NEW chapter in the history of the parishes of Garrison, Slavin, Belleek and Kiltyclogher will be written on Friday evening when Nigerian Reverend Ngozi Njoku is instituted as the new rector.