New history of C of I launched - Two–day conference on ‘Reformation 500’ underway in Dublin - Church may be in the midst of a tectonic shift, Bishop Miller - New Youth and Children’s Ministry staff in Armagh - Sr. Anne Griffin short-listed for Dóchas 2017 Humanitarian Award - C of E Bishops under pressure to act as Hereford Diocese calls for official services for gay couples - Pope Francis praises John Wesley for leading people to ‘knowledge of Jesus Christ’. Click here - CNI -news - October 21
Pope marks 50 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue - Bishop praises health service as he recovers from heart op - Cork community vows to repair storm damage to church - Remembering Cardinal Cahal Daly: 'There is no alternative to dialogue'. Click here - CNI -news - October 20
Fr Peter McVerry: ‘Evictions are a return to famine times’ - Armagh primates to open new £1.4m library and museum at Benburb Priory - Archbishop Jackson key speaker as Council of Christians and Jews celebrate 75th anniversary in London - Christian Aid supports eco-lodge made famous by new Daniel Radcliffe film - RTE Service for Remembrance Sunday - CITI service of Advent Carols and Readings. Click here - CNI -news - October 19
English bishop: you cannot be Catholic and support abortion - Ireland’s main opposition party votes to keep Eighth Amendment - Wholeness and Healing theme of Dublin service - Down & Dromore course for Pastoral Carers - Award winning director honoured by his former Cork school - New pilgrimage route launched in Scotland - Anglicans and Protestants welcome Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar. Click here - CNI -news - October 18
C of I dean opened home as Ophelia loomed - All creatures great and small at special St Anne's Cathedral service for pets - Official Anglican – Orthodox dialogue group to meet in Dublin - Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29 percent in five years - Churches need courage in complexity, Archbishop Jackson tells Copenhagen conference - A quarter ton of Harvest support for South Belfast Food Bank - Parishioners of Killiney say farewell to their Rector - Irish Church can learn much from Brazil, Archbishop Martin. Click here - CNI -news - October 17
Reformation conference over-subscribed - Reformation Thanksgiving Service - Young people wanted to dramatise faith stories in Belfast - Successful start for Saturday Night Live in Down - Woodschapel Parish church set to re-open after refurbishment - Templepatrick choir members honoured for service - Exhibition Launched on Jesuit War Chaplain in Roscrea - God’s Church for God’s World: 2020 Lambeth Conference takes shape. Click here - CNI -news - October 16
Vast Scientology complex to be opened in Dublin today amid mystery about what it will be used for - Less than half of Church of Ireland members in Cork attend services - Seeing the impossible at Meath and Kildare Synod - Historic Lisburn quilt to be included in National Treasures archive - Morning Service from Bangor Abbey - Ahoghill and Portglenone churches become Safe Spaces - Cloughfern choir member’s 50 years of services - Coming events in Down and Dromore - New Derry Canon. Click here - CNI -news - October 14
Play revisits the Reformation and role of Martin Luther - Reformation 500 and Porvoo 25 focus of Cork clergy conference - Revealed: The most Roman Catholic county in Ireland, according to the CSO - An Post issues new stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions - Church of Ireland funds buy stake in Nama holding company - Prayers answered in sale of site on Model Farm Road - Cahal Daly left footprints 'on the sands of time' - Christian Aid welcomes UK and Canada-led global alliance on the transition from dirty coal - Christchurch City Council consults on $10 million cathedral contribution. Click here - CNI -news - October 13
Belfast Cathedral hosts service for all creatures great and small - Homelessness in Dublin an ‘international scandal’, says C of I Archbishop - Individualism is the enemy of reasoned debate, Synod told - Serial anti-abortion protester promises court not to harass, pester or assault volunteer at a family planning clinic - Bullies among clergy contributed most to fall of Catholic Church in Ireland, says priest - Former long-term paramilitary prisoner is speaker at healing services - Assurances given on future of Donegal C of I hospital chapel - Inishowen Gospel Choir taking its award-winning singers to Lettermacaward - Donegal bride drives to church in dad’s tractor and leaves in hubby’s at farm-themed wedding - Cathedral to display “the most dangerous book in Tudor England”. Click here - CNI -news - October 12
Reformation 500: The Hedge School - Archbishop of Burundi visits Cork partner diocese - New Rector of Rathmines with Harold’s Cross - Church Board of Education welcomes RI budget - Thanksgiving service for former Presbyterian moderator Rev Dr Howard Cromie - C of E's equality law exemptions allow for 'abuse, homophobia and sexism' says bishop - Church of England speaks out on students fair controversy. Click here - CNI -news - October 11
Three ways of reconciling the Reformation, Archbishop Martin - Annual meeting of C of I and Catholic bishops - Rector Appointed to Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire - Crafty Harvest at Lisnaskea - Belfast Cathedral Pets' Service this Sunday - Kirk names Moderator Designate for 2018-19 - Church group says number of kids using gambling sites is 'astonishing' - Conservative Anglican leader breaks ranks: 'We are not walking together' . Click here - CNI -news - October 10
Archbishop Martin preaches at Reformation service in Armagh C of I cathedral - First ordination in Dundalk Parish since 1214 - New book celebrates the impact of Mothers' Union in Derry and Raphoe - Church Wardens make history with wedding in St Patrick’s, Ballyclug - Evening of poetry and music in memory of the Revd Canon Liz McElhinney - C of I Ordinands commissioned as parish Student Readers - Anglican Communion calls for repentance over divisive 'missionary' bishops - GAFCON responds to Primates' Communique. Click here - CNI -news - October 9
Changing the terms of Christian public engagement, Catherwood memorial event - Launch of Cork Diocesan Church Music Scheme - Reformation theme of Armagh Cathedral Organ Recital - Presbyterian Church marks 500th anniversary of the Reformation - Swedish theologian to speak on Reformation at at Cork Clergy Conference - Kilkenny city church hosts Voices Of Hope - Holy Family icon tours Down and Connor parishes - History Circle to start in Meath diocese . Click here - CNI -news - October 7
Princess Anne attends Cardinal Cormac’s memorial Mass - Galway to host Romanian Orthodox youth congress - This is Galway’s church, not just our church : Gary Hastings C of I rector - Church leaders convey sympathy on death of former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave - Confusion still surrounds future of St Joseph’s Hospital - Walkout climbdown as Anglican primates hold together - Abuse inquiry to probe potential C of E 'secrecy' - Vatican youth summit to hear ‘doubts and criticisms’ of the Church. Click here - CNI -news - October 6
Charities band together to support people fleeing Myanmar - C of I fund aids Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh - New residential care home gets Presbyterian Moderator’s approval - Bell ringers tribute to senior bell–ringer of Enniskillen Cathedral - Clogher parish celebrates 200th anniversary - Archbishop Welby “taken aback” by Las Vegas prayer criticism - Welby 'sad' to discipline Scottish Episcopal Church - Scottish Anglicans defiant as they face 'consequences' for passing gay marriage: 'Love means love'. Click here - CNI -news - October 5
Church services in Dublin mark start of new Legal Year - Linen Hall library hosting Reformation exhibition - Church leaders’ prayers for Las Vegas victims - Walkout at Primates' Meeting threatened - 500 people gather for annual Faith and Life Convention in Down and Connor - Belfast church charges £150 to get married and doubles price of candles - Chief Scout Bear Grylls makes pitch for cash at Tory conference - Bishop who warned cervical cancer vaccine could lead to promiscuity apologises. Click here - CNI -news - October 4
Work Together for the Ireland You Deserve C of I Second Level Schools’ Service told - Pope expected to attend two events in Ireland next year - Ministers tell Church leave debate on HPV vaccine to the experts - Pro-life group raises more than €1m in donations in a year - Salvation Army launches new resource to engage the elderly - A Kurd Anglican priest backs independence referendum result - Quilt at church service remembers 62 children killed during Troubles - Ireland in crisis: new Dialogue of Hope group calls for radical rethink. Click here - CNI -news - October 3
The problems caused by the lack of Executive: MCI President - Catholic Bishop under fire for his claims on cervical cancer vaccine - Healing service to support persecuted churches - Derry cleric to Brittany via USA - Nine priests have died by suicide after false claims of abuse, says cleric who was also wrongly accused - Former director of Alliance party to train for C of E ministry - Chinese to build their own church in Dublin - Ex-scientologist warns about multi-million new Irish base - Anglican primates meet as temperatures rise (again) on same sex marriage - Anglican Consultative Council staff excluded from Primates’ meeting. Click here - CNI -news - October 2
Archbishop Clarke’s support for chaplains in hospices and palliative care - Marriage for many has just become an excuse for a “great party,” Derry bishop - Irish Catholicism on trial at conference - New Ecumenical Advisor appointed in Dublin & Glendalough - Explainer: What's behind Ireland's abortion referendum - Little books featured in C of I Library’s online archive of the month. Click here - CNI -news - September 30
Blessing for Cork cows before they retire to England - Presbyterian Church fears running out of ministers - Number of new trainee priests at Maynooth hits record low - 95 attend reader training in Down Cathedral - New awards scheme launched at service for second level students - Asylum and refugee resource updated. Click here - CNI -news - September 29
Interfaith Memorial Service for Sierra Leone flood victims in Christ Church Cathedral - Making Everyday Disciples highlighted in October’s Presbyterian Herald - Autumn issue of Search continues reformation themes - Pizza, Praise and Prayer event for commissioning of Dublin Youth Ministry coordinator - Church Army Board visits Belfast - Sensory garden opened at PCI’s Sunnyside House, Bangor - Diocesan Reader commissioned in Clogher Diocese. Click here - CNI -news - September 28
C of I issues guidelines on social media use in church life - Scarecrow Harvest Festival aids Air Ambulance - New C of I priests warned about the mindsets of modern hierarchies - Family memorial window dedicated in Holywood church - C of I Appointments to church and inter-church bodies - Hundreds of thousands expected to join mass rosary prayer along Polish border - Dozens of young adults embrace Anglican monastic programme. Click here - CNI -news - September 27
Loreto Missionary from Coleraine receives National Recognition Award in Peru - Bible Society’s new president - Former President of Ireland to be lay canon of Dublin - Business networking lunches in Belfast Cathedral nave - Ministry resources site launched in Limerick - Seminars will share the Better Story of God’s model for relationships - In service training for clergy and readers in Limerick - Figures expose Wales church closures. Click here - CNI -news - September 26
Archbishop criticises writing out of history Irish Catholics who died in WWI - Benedictine order from Ypres visits Ireland - Down event on Healing and hope in South Sudan - Live streamed conference on intergenerational church - 80 Irish on mission to Lourdes stranded in France after Ryanair cancels flight - Two for one church service in Bunbeg - DCU to create cultural quarter in North Dublin - Christian Aid Ireland’s submission to Citizen’s Assembly on climate change. Click here - CNI -news - September 25
Revd Kelvin Holdsworth for Changing Attitude Autumn Lecture - C of I University chaplain in new TV series - Pope sends money to quake-hit Mexico - Church archivists in launch of digital records at Public Record Office NI - New Catholic model secondary school opens in Portadown - New Irish Choir & Orchestra in Ballyclare churches’ concert for Earl Haig Fund - Honoured: Paddy McGowan bringing pilgrims to Lourdes for 40 years. Click here - CNI -news - September 23
Canon converting gun store to church hub - Presbyterian seminar series on Reformation will feature Catholic contributions - Lady Eames urges Mothers’ Union members to put faith into action - Archbishop Justin excited by prospect of “extraordinary” Primates’ Meeting - Pope vows 'firmest measures' to deal with abusive priests. Click here - CNI -news - September 22
Former journalist Martina Purdy and ex-barrister Elaine Kelly to take religious vows this weekend - Connor Big sing raises the roof! - From Tolerance to Inclusion:Dublin interfaith conference highlights role of faith communities - Six married men are being ordained by the Catholic Church in Ireland this week - Celebrations as St John’s Church in Laragh reaches 150th Anniversary - ‘The wee church in the hills’ at Fermoyle goes on the market - Christian Aid launches Rohingya Crisis Appeal. Click here - CNI -news - September 21
Presbyterians set to mark Reformation with key events in Derry, Dublin and Belfast - Former Drumcree priest reinvents himself as successful entrepreneur - Census figures ‘legitimise’ faith-based school network, says cleric - Installation of President of Methodist Women Ireland - New rector of Stormont - Ordination in Tullamore - Priest defends funeral gatecrasher - Catholic agency urges UN summit climate action. Click here - CNI -news - September 20
Research reveals complexity and diversity of controlled education sector - New rector for Irvinestown and Castle Archdale - Recently ordained cleric begins ministry in Donegal - Church minister describes Grenfell inquiry 'upset' - Catholic caucus for UK Labour Party at Brighton next week - Archbishop Welby joins UN Secretary-General's board on mediation. Click here - CNI -news - September 19
The challenges of the Anglican Five marks of Mission - Varadkar doubts public would support abortion recommendations - Community rallies to support Parishioners in vandalised Derry church - Appointments in Down & Dromore - SVP youth in Knock - Survey finds most people who call themselves Anglican never read the Bible. Click here - CNI -news - September 18