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Houses of Hope – Gingerbread and Generosity Advent 2025

  This Advent and Christmas season we invite you to join “Gingerbread and Generosity: Houses of Hope”, a new seasonal initiative created in partnership with SAMS Ireland, the Bishops’ Appeal, and the Board...

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A “Thank you” message from North Argentina

Alec Deane from North Argentina reports on how a project grant from Bishops’ Appeal has made a difference to the indigenous people he works with.

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Young people in the Church of Ireland feed 3,980 children in South Sudan

Success for Pancakes and Prayer Lent initiative! The total raised by the Pancakes and Prayer Lent project has brought in enough money to feed almost 4,000 children in South Sudan for the next...

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Pancakes and Prayer Update

September 2025 Update. Young people in the Church of Ireland feed 3,296 children in South Sudan as a result of the Pancakes and Prayer Lent initiative The total raised by the Pancakes and...

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Church of Ireland diocese raises over £28,000 for the Middle East

Support provided for Tearfund & Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem The Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore’s special collection to support humanitarian relief in Gaza and the wider Middle East has reached...

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Special diocesan collection for Middle East raises £10,000

A special collection for the Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development by parishes in Down and Dromore to support people caught up in the violence in Gaza and the...

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General Synod service raises €2,200 / £1,850 for Bishops’ Appeal

The collection for the Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development at the General Synod Service of Holy Communion in St David’s Church, Naas, on Friday, 9th May, came to €2,200 (equivalent to...

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Art lovers flock to Dunluce as exhibition raises £3,350 for Bishops’ Appeal

Hundreds of art-lovers have enjoyed their visit to Dunluce Parish Art & Photography Exhibition in recent weeks.  The annual Bushmills event was as popular as ever, with locals and visitors alike appreciating the...

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