Children’s Ministry Certificate Course; Parish Auction; Commissioning of Readers; Faith healer saddened after being refused UK visa; Papal nuncio presents vision for future of Irish Catholicism; Barnardos and PSNI team up on new initiative to tackle child exploitation; 91 new classes for children with special needs announced
Children’s Ministry Certificate Course
The Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry Certificate course will run in Dublin, Cork and Down & Dromore and is suitable for anyone (over the age of 18) working in children’s ministry… Details of the Down & Dromore course which will be held in Moira are at:
http://www.downanddromore.org/news/
Parish Auction
Galloon Parish Church is holding an Auction in The Church Hall, High Street, Newtownbutler, on Saturday 1st September 2012 at 12.00 noon.
There is a wide variety of items for sale including good quality furniture, tables, chairs, corner cabinets, beds, bed linen, garden seats, finger oil lamp, crockery and delph, household items, pictures, mirrors, bric–a–brac, books, toys and boxed lots ideal for stall holders car boot sales etc. Approximately 500 lots.
Viewing on morning of auction, admission is free, everyone is welcome and refreshments are available. This is an auction not to be missed. The Parish runs two auctions a year, usually on the Saturday after Easter and the first Saturday in September. They have been running for over ten years and have earned a reputation for being well organized and having good clean items for sale at fair prices.
Commissioning of Diocesan and Parish Readers
The commissioning of Dublin & Glendalough Diocesan and Parish Readers will take place on Sunday September 2 in Christ Church Cathedral at 3.30 pm.
Faith healer saddened after being refused UK visa
A controversial faith healer has said he feels deeply saddened at decision of the Home Office to bar him from entering the UK.
Todd Bentley had been due to preach at the Christian Centre on the Tandragee Road in Portadown next month as part of a UK tour.
Mr Bentley achieved notoriety by allegedly using violent methods to heal worshippers. Videos online show him kicking a man with polio repeatedly while asking if he feels cured.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/faith-healer-saddened-after-being-refused-uk-visa-1-4190289
Papal nuncio presents vision for future of Irish Catholicism
Catholic Culture – Reminding the congregation that the Virgin Mary appeared at Knock in 1879, at a time when famine was sweeping Ireland, he pointed out that the years following the apparition produced “an extraordinary flourishing of the Catholic Church in Ireland.” …
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=15316
Barnardos and PSNI team up on new initiative to tackle child exploitation
Money seized from criminals will partly fund the new scheme to provide early intervention and protect vulnerable children in south and east Belfast.
http://www.thejournal.ie/barnardos-and-psni-team-up-on-new-initiative-to-tackle-child-exploitation-in-belfast-568838-Aug2012/
91 new classes for children with special needs announced
Dozens of additional special needs classes will be provided across the country for September.
http://www.thejournal.ie/91-new-classes-for-children-with-special-needs-announced-568895-Aug2012/
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/new-special-needs-classes-welcomed-205014.html