C of I increasingly like warring UUP; Lent Book Call For Prospective Authors; CIMS trip; Row over anti-sectarianism plans; One-parent group criticism; and other reports
CIMS annual trip
The Church of Ireland Men’s Society will be heading to the Antrim coast for its annual outing on Saturday May 26.
Members will visit Carrickfergus Parish Church and Glenarm Castle and Grounds where there will be a talk on the McDonnell family. The evening meal will be in the Londonderry Arms, Carnlough.
Cost of the outing is £48. Everyone is welcome and full details including pick–up points and booking form are available at www.cims.ireland.anglican.org.
Institution in St John’s, Malone
The Rev Robert Jones was instituted as rector of St John’s Parish, Malone, Diocese of Connor, on Sunday May 13. Robert, who was previously Dean of Clonmanoise and Incumbent of Trim, in the Diocese of Meath, is a native of County Carlow. At St John’s he succeeds the Very Rev John Mann who is now Dean of Belfast.
A Church of Ireland Lent Book Call For Prospective Authors
The Literature Committee is investigating the feasibility of publishing a Church of Ireland Lent book in 2013, similar in scope and size to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent books. It is envisaged that this book would have the potential to be both an aid to personal devotion and also a resource for group discussion. It should be distinctively Anglican in perspective and, ideally, should have a Church of Ireland dimension. Prospective authors are invited to submit a text by 1 September 2012 for consideration.
Please send your submission to:
Dr Raymond Refaussé
Honorary Secretary, Literature Committee,
Representative Church Body, Library
Braemor Park
, Churchtown,
Dublin 14
Or Email: raymond.refausse@rcbdub.org
C of I increasingly like warring UUP
Belfast Newsletter – Ale Kane writes – The Church of Ireland’s ongoing debacle about gay marriage reminded me (and not in a good way) of the days when the Ulster Unionist Council was called every few months to try and patch up the differences between the pro and anti-Belfast Agreement …
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/community/columnists/alex-kane-coi-increasingly-like-warring-uup-1-3838460
Row over anti-sectarianism plans
The Press Association – Northern Ireland political leaders have clashed over plans to devise policies aimed at healing the region’s religious divide. Stormont Justice Minister David Ford attacked the efforts of the DUP and Sinn Fein and warned that the success in ending large …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iYvQkfV9Lj6tJflSa4qqlmDhwwzA?docId=N0072011336865008956A
One-parent group criticises proposed law to name fathers on birth certs
The Journal.ie – Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton is proposing legislation to force the naming of dads on birth certificates.
Photographer looking for 100 faces for charity project
The Journal.ie -“I’m looking for characters…I’m not looking for 100 good-looking people.”
NI pensioners ‘losing’ benefits
BBC – Pensioners in Northern Ireland could be missing out on unclaimed benefits worth up to nearly £200m.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18075699