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
Lisburn hymn writer Keith Getty honoured at Westminster - World Meeting of Families Icon to be hosted in C of I cathedral - Derry bishops visit flood victims - Dunmurry church rededicated after fire - Ireland’s oldest Mercy nun dies aged 104 - Fry up for Derry flood victims - Methodist/Church of Ireland minister for Maghaberry - Derry church vandals may have been caught on nearby CCTV - Connor takes the Castle weekend success - Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months - Christchurch New Zealand Synod votes to reinstate cathedral. Click here - CNI -news - September 16
Reformation focus for Union Theological College seminars - Statue of Our Lady of Fatima comes to west Belfast parish - ‘Sam Maguire Community Bells’ in Dunmanway ring out their message of hope and reconciliation - Pair admit burglaries at church premises across N Ireland - Cardinal Nichols: Brexit can mean new opportunities - GAFCON accuses church official of 'provocative, inaccurate and misleading' comments. Click here - CNI -news - September 15
Bishop’s whistle-stop preaching tour supporting women’s literacy projects in Africa - Cross-community support for vandalised Derry C of I church - Minister assures Protestants of sensitivity in centenary commemorations - Trying to convince unionists of the benefits of a united Ireland is 'insulting' - Stewardship of the planet must begin with better conversations, Archbishop Clarke - US Episcopal bishops head north to Alaska . Click here - CNI -news - September 14
Point out what is right and wrong, Archbishop tells grandparents in Knock - Church volunteers hope for a Lidl help from community fund - Church hall daubed in anti-police graffiti - Hurricane Irma: Statement from Mothers' Union in the Province of the West Indies - Installations at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin - Bangor Abbey broadcasting on Sunday next - Scottish faith groups give equivalent of £100m in time and resources - Christian charity galvanizing support for worst victims of Hurricane Irma. Click here - CNI -news - September 13
Most Catholics now back abortion says poll - Bishop’s concerns over coming centenaries in Ireland - Bishop greets pets in Mountmellick - Five priests ordained in Derry C of I - Bishop’s Route 66 sermon marathon begins - September’s Presbyterian Herald review - Two Church trees in top six of Tree of the Year - Pope Francis left with black eye after Popemobile accident. Click here - CNI -news - September 12
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has refused “to remain silent” on San Suu Kyi - Pope brings reconciliation message to Columbia - Dalai Lama: ‘We should think about our common humanity not Derry or Londonderry - Archbishop of Dublin preaches at British Irish Association Service - C of I Biblical Association Lectures on the Five Marks of Mission - Look forward in faith” Worldwide President tells Mothers’ Union Dublin - Record support for St Luke’s Home, Cork’s Annual 5K Memorial Run - Limerick appointment - C of E's floating church to take the Gospel to London's canals. Click here - CNI -news - September 11
C of I Bishop Pat Storey mistaken for secretary - Call for Government and C of I to relieve hardship for Bethany survivors - Joy and excitement as 2,000 Dublin pilgrims leave for Lourdes - Trump administration give backing to Christian baker in gay cake row - Oxford ordinand workshadows Rector of Larne - Court of Appeal hearing set for 11 September in Northern Ireland humanist marriage case - Hurricane Irma exposes Trump’s wilful blindness on climate change says Christian Aid. Click here - CNI -news - September 9
Sam Maguire bells to be focus of community endeavour in West Cork - Pilgrim Passport Stamp for 2017 Camino de Glendalough - Pope Francis arrives in Colombia for visit to promote reconciliation - Christian charity backs call for ban on gambling ads on football shirts - Lidl apologises for removing church crosses from food packaging - Christian Aid partners in Haiti prepared for hurricane Irma to hit hard. Click here - CNI -news - September 8
Brother David stepping down as Director of Divine Healing Ministries - Archbishop and President MCI : Government must take brave decisions on homelessness crisis - Songs of Praise to record in Enniskillen and Dungannon this month - ‘Change in stance’ on Donegal CoI hospital chapel - New Archbishop of Wales named - Irish Loreto Missionary, Sr. Mary Owens, receives a State Recognition Award in Kenya - Secretary General of the Anglican Communion rebukes Nigerian primate for boycotting meeting - Introduction of Minister–in–Charge of Drumbo Parish. Click here - CNI -news - September 7
Priest’s horror at Donegal hospital plans to axe C of I church - Number of trainee priests at record low in Maynooth's 222-year history - Brothers make history in Derry Cathedral - European Heritage Open Days in NI Presbyterian Churches - Nigerian primate to boycott meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury - Christian Aid gives first-hand account of ‘devastating’ floods in India - Pope calls for prayer as he heads to Columbia. Click here - CNI -news - September 6
Queensferry Crossing a symbol of inclusion and hope, Moderator - Thinking Aloud with Johnston McMaster at Agape - Making of deacons in Down and Dromore - Funeral details for Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor revealed - Massive collapse in number of Anglicans in Britain, new survey shows - Bishop wants hijab removed from school uniform. Click here - CNI -news - September 5
Salvation Army under investigation by the Charity Commission - Cork bishop 'deeply shocked' at death of homeless woman near his home - Investigation needed into HSE plans to exclude C of I from community hospital, Donegal Councillor - Money Course for students in Belfast church - Samaritans Belfast are looking for volunteers - C of I ordinations in four dioceses yesterday - How a century's worth of stories from a Cork community made it online - Down and Dromore Bible Week struck a celebratory note - Lidl cross removal angers shoppers. Click here - CNI -news - September 4
US version of Ashers Bakery case heads to Supreme Court - Ballycarry church packed for opening event in 25th Gathering - Stranorlar community upset as plans to remove C of I at St Joseph’s Hospital emerge - Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, former Archbishop of Westminster, dies - Tribute by Archbishop of Canterbury to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor - Bishops taken to court of appeal in Australian Anglican feud - US Catholics and Protestants agree: 500 years after Reformation, they have more in common than not. Click here - CNI -news - September2
Loreto Missionary, Sr. Orla Treacy to receive the 2017 Hugh O‘Flaherty International Humanitarian Award - Charlie Chaplin recalled in ecumenical service at Kerry film festival - New organ recital series at Armagh - Limavady summer camp the envy of every parish in Ireland, says Archbishop Eamon Martin - Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer reflection morning at Drumbo - Finaghy choir sings in Westminster Abbey again - Christian Aid responds to help those suffering in South Asia floods. Click here - CNI -news - ASEPTEMBER 01
Ballroom dancing hit by ordination training - Romanian focus for Presbyterian Church’s Junior BB project - Irish clerics appear on best-selling albums list - Dalkey Parish host day out for asylum seekers - Belfast Divine Healing services re-start - Anglican Alliance announces new regional facilitator for the Middle East - Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch issue joint plea for care of creation - Queensferry Crossing opening marked with church's bridge of kindness. Click here - CNI -NEWS AUGUST31
Launch of Drumcliffe Centre of Mission - New Dean of Limerick - Church fund raising cyclists complete Tour d’Ards - Cork Mayor’s annual visit to Bishop’s Palace - Limerick church deconsecrated - Anglican Church elects Australia's first female Archbishop - ‘Racism is America's original sin': 3,000 pastors march in Washington to protest white supremacy - 92 victims of sex trafficking in Ireland supported by Ruhama in 2016. Click here - CNI -news - August 30
Houston churches fight flooding after Harvey cancels services - Singing priests hit a high note in reshuffle - Three priests ordained for Down and Dromore - Trudeau: abortion should be a ‘human right’ in Ireland - Pope to visit Myanmar - Motives for IRA murders questioned. Click here - CNI -news - August 29
Former Green Party leader is now a C of I deacon - C of I ordinations and institutions - St Oliver Plunkett: Head of Irish church thanks Germans for key role - Bishop Miller thanks those who prayed for him during cancer battle - Derry church leaders take part in Tour de Foyle - NSPCC: Church youth workers should follow same sex abuse laws as teachers - WCC leaders meet Pope Francis in Rome. Click here - CNI -news - August 27
British efforts to influence choice of new Archbishop of Armagh revealed - Presbyterian church launches new discipleship resource - Over 50 leading musicians and composers protest at Musicians’ Church stopping commercial concerts - Anglican archbishop urges Australia to reject gay marriage - Reformation Centenary conferences not anti-Church’. Click here - CNI -news - August 26
Derry parish hit by flooding - Flooding in north west heartbreaking to hear and see, Bishop Good - Spiritual adviser to Trump claims President has been raised up by God - Bible Sunday resources online and available for download - Archbishop outlines themes to prepare for World Meeting of Families - Pig's head left at Muslim centre - Virginia congregation deeply divided over church’s name honouring Robert E. Lee. Click here - CNI -news - August25
Sam Maguire to ring out in his hometown of Dunmanway - Devolution has a bleak future: former Moderator - Gay nurse's challenge to Derry pastor 'who cures homosexuality' - Bishop to lead worship at gay pride event - Novel by Fr Shay Cullen highlights human rights violations in Phillipines - Death of oldest Presbyterian cleric who visited Belfast blitz sites during war - May Jesus’ gaze also illumine our relations, Pope to Methodist synod. Click here - CNI -news - August 24
Armagh’s Praise Him on the big bass drum outreach to marching bands - Victims challenge cleric on ‘day of acknowledgement’ - Swift Education Series at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin - A Handful of Light retreat on ministry at Dromantine - Canons appointed to Downpatrick cathedral - York Minster gets new bell-ringers after last group's controversial disbandment - Boost for international charity that operates floating hospitals. Click here - CNI -NEWS AUGUST10
Elvis remembered in Coleraine mass notice of death anniversaries - US speakers looking forward to Coleraine Special Assembly - IRA victim: Reflection day idea tied my stomach in knots - Parish commemorates life of WWI hero Fr Willie Doyle SJ - Pope throws down gauntlet to world leaders with new migration call - Christian Aid welcomes Pope’s call for 40 million displaced people - Press Watch. Click here - CNI -news - August 22
Songs of Praise will reveal Princess Diana was stronger Christian than believed - Visitors shun entrance fee-charging cathedrals - US ministers to speak at special Presbyterian assembly - Former Archbishop of Westminster 'seriously ill’ - Popular and courageous, Fr D'Arcy is shining example of faith in practice - Poor taste as Paddy Power creates apparition of Virgin Mary holding Sam Maguire in Mayo. Click here - CNI -NEWS AUGUST20
Churches condemn 'appalling' Barcelona attack - Sierra Leone Mudslides : Mothers' Union Mobilises - New magazine for the ministry launched by Church of Scotland - Prayer day for healing of Ireland - Merry Christmas in English, Irish and Ulster Scots at Belfast City Hall - Gaelic Games commentator is winner in Knock. Click here - CNI -news - August 19