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The Connor MU Festival Service. All Ireland President Phyllis Grothier is in the foreground, right.<br />

Connor MU Festival Service<br />

This year’s Diocese of Connor MU<br />

Festival Service on Sunday April 10 was<br />

a celebration of the 140th anniversary of<br />

Mothers’ Union and the 90th birthday of<br />

MU Patron Her Majesty the Queen.<br />

The speaker at the service, held in St<br />

Anne’s Cathedral, was Phyllis Grothier,<br />

MU All Ireland President.<br />

Banners were paraded before the<br />

service, when Jordanstown branch<br />

unveiled its new banner.<br />

Connor Diocesan President Valerie Ash, left; the Dean<br />

of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann; and Phyllis Grothier,<br />

MU All Ireland President, at the Festival Service.<br />

New position for former deacon intern<br />

The Rev Andrew Campbell, a former<br />

deacon intern in St Anne’s, will be<br />

instituted as rector of the Parish of<br />

Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin<br />

on August 24.<br />

Andrew, who is married to Allison,<br />

was ordained as a deacon in September<br />

2012 and served his internship<br />

in St Anne’s before moving to<br />

Bangor Abbey as assistant curate.<br />

Andrew described his move to<br />

Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin<br />

as ‘a new and exciting<br />

phase’ in his ministry.<br />

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