Leading Dublin school axes celebrations amid sex attack probe - Prominent Belfast priest Fr Hugh Kennedy quizzed over sex assault - Steadfastness of Christian presence in the Holy Land highlighted by Archbishop of Jerusalem in Dubin address - Oireachtas honours Mayo missionary - Strangford ferry: All aboard the carol ship of lights - Lunch time Carol Service in aid of therapy dogs - Royal tribute from Connor Mothers Union 90th birthday members - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-6
Connemara digs deep for Syria - Irish Muslims condemn Syria's Grand Mufti's visit to Dublin - Archbishop of Jerusalem’s visit to Dublin & Glendalough begins - Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland says Déarbhla Clarke's story highlights need to examine celibacy issue - Bishop Michael visits Carlow Mart - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — cni-december-3
Pupils suspended from C of I Dublin secondary school - Clonard Mercy Tent ‘a great success’ with Christmas shoppers - Exhibition on Irish Presbyterian care of children - MPs call for Parliament to congratulate Pope Francis on his 80th birthday - Moderator urges people to join him on wonderful Advent journey - Welsh cathedral premiere for film about LGBT+ people in church - New Head of Media to the Archbishop of Canterbury - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — cni-december-2
Netflix TV hit series Stranger Things inspires Christian Aid’s Nativity film - BBC's Christmas Call the Midwife drama highlights work of USPG - Irish Presbyterian Moderator returns from Nepal - Historic Church of Scotland and the Church of England agreement signed - Belfast Parish a winner in Beat–the Street game - Lisburn 2017 Day of Prayer for peace and healing - Please be seated - archive insights from C of I Pew registers - £2.9 million lottery grant to Ampleforth Abbey - Lithuanian archbishop says citizens anxious about Russian military threat - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-1
Christ Church Cathedral’s Advent Sheep Trail - Holy See’s press release on Pope’s audience with Taoiseach - Free Presbyterians to protest at Pope’s visit - Papal visit welcomed by mainstream Irish churches - US student wins Church of Ireland Historical Society’s Neely Prize1916 - Coming release of CD recording of major choral work, One Hundred Years a Nation - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-30
Pope Francis to visit Ireland in August 2018 - Powerful and moving prayer vigil against Gender Based Violence - Archbishop Eamon Martin officially opens new Irish missionary seminary - Cork’s First Christmas Tree Festival - UKIP elects pro-life Catholic as its new leader - New Pioneer Minister at the University of Stirling - “Bienvenido todos” Anglicans in Spain welcome pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-29
Dublin ecumenical service will mark Jerusalem link - Belfast Cathedral supports Foodbank during Advent - History of Ashton School, Cork, to be launched - ‘Requiem 1916 – Marbhna’ performed at Knock - Perpetrators Prayed for at Mothers' Union Service - Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes South Sudan Council of Churches to Lambeth Palace - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-28
Mothers’ Union march on Downing Street for victims of domestic violence - Church21 Parish Development Conference planned for March 2017 - Northern Ireland survey of faith based organisations - Senior Anglican Bishop To Preside At LGBT Eucharist - Pope concludes Jubilee Year with appeal for enduring Mercy - Catholicism is growing fast in Norway - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-26
Dublin & Glendalough Clergy Visit Refugee Centre in Rome - C of I wants more nuanced approach to abortion reform in Republic - Archbishop Eamon Martin launches online 2016 Advent Calendar - C of E bishops updated on sexuality study - Lay Leader of Irish Methodist Church for EC Children and Migration forum - Nuncio pledges to reach out to dissenting priests - Black and Red Santas meet before dashing - C of E Issues fierce rebuke to conservative body GAFCON - Hundreds Of Pentecostal Christians To Gather In London For Landmark Meeting - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-25
Enhanced visitor experience at St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny - All–Ireland Prayer Vigil in Londonderry against gender–based violence - International Anglican recognition of Dublin diocese’s refugee work - President Higgins speaks out against xenophobia - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-24
Dublin inter-church Walk of Light brightens dark times - Syrian religious leaders visit Ireland to appeal for help to end war - Cathedral’s red tower symbol of solidarity with persecuted Christians - Familiar hands for Armagh organ recital - Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland insight from the Fermanagh Churches Forum - Book on Rebel Prods launched - New Ecumenical Adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury announced - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education
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Ecuador quake victim Derry nun Sr Clare now a focus for prayers around the world - Choirs Hit the Right Notes at Magnificent D&G 800 Diocesan Evensong - Church Law Workshops Held in Cork - Archbishop of Canterbury visits Pakistan - Pope allows priests absolve women of ‘grave sin’ of abortion - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-22
Irish relatives attend reunion for Scots Presbyterian missionary martyr honoured for wartime service to Jewish children - Top bible award for legendary RTÉ commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh - Ireland’s Eurovision winner headlines C of I Christmas concert - Daughter of priest delivers poem at the arrival of his remains to Co Derry church following his death - Churches damaged by New Zealand earthquake - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-21
Mothers Union to help young people move into starter homes - Archbishop of Jerusalem to visit Dublin next month - Nashville Hall of Fame Songwriter for Belfast Cathedral - Damaged plaster at Clonmel Friary reveals 600 years of history - Statement from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Patrick O’Brien - Dean McCarthy removed offender from volunteer role at St. Patrick’s - Archbishop of Canterbury in online Advent course - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-19
The Anglican Communion is not broken, Bishop David Chillingworth - ‘Reviled’ priests’ morale at all time low, conference hears - Survivors of abuse deserve far more than a ‘deafening silence’ from the C of I - Irish Presbyterian concern at genocide in South Sudan - Direct aid from Clifton to Syria and Iraq - Preservation Award for St Mary’s, Killarney - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-18
Limerick commissioning service of Keith and Lyn Scott to serve again in Zambia - Fundraising campaign gets underway for Dublin diocesan refugee housing - Mission to Seafarers’ Belfast Heritage Sunday - Olympian and Bishop in soft play area - New book from Kerry priest’s blog on his battle with cancer - Preparations for diocesan discussions on human sexuality - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-17
Mothers’ Union revamp safety guidelines to protect children from commercialisation - Enniskillen cathedral concert for hospice - Councillor wants Galway to invite Pope Francis to visit city - LGB&T people support within the Irish Presbyterian Church - New Christian-Jewish dialogue project launched at Lambeth Palace - US Episcopal Church responds to presidential election - Pupils broadcast Act of Remembrance - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-16
Two ecumenical firsts mark feast of Dublin’s St Laurence O’Toole - Ardoyne priest’s face-to-face with his critic - C of I Child Protection Officer for the Republic of Ireland - Remembrance Sunday observed throughout Ireland - Methodist President’s visit to Belfast District - Justin Welby preaches in Westminster Cathedral for first time - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-15
Donegal priest joins lifeboat crew - Brilliant Weekend Blast by Down and Dromore youth - Former Moderator "knighted" by Roman Catholic Church - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-14
Reaction flares up to Moderator’s lecture on city life - Politicians criticise Moderator on bonfires - Griffith College honour local boy, Diarmuid Martin - Oireachtas na Samhna’, a major festival of Irish language, music and dance - Organ recitalist returns to Armagh - Ex-C of I volunteer jailed for sex assaults on boys - Solar suitcases bring light and life to mothers and babies in Mozambique - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-12
Archbishops of Armagh to Join in Wreath Laying Ceremony in Armagh on Remembrance Sunday - Permanent diaconate could change face of Irish Church, Bishop Nulty - Irish Council of Churches Programme Officer appointed - New book on 18th century Archbishop of Armagh is ‘ripping good read’, Archbishop Clarke - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-11
Pilgrims journey together on the first Camino de Glendalough - Blessing of the new Abbot of Glenstal - Bishop’s tribute to Sam Harper ‘southern’ lay secretary of the General Synod - Irish nun in Gaza greeted by Cardinal Vincent Nichols - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-10
Two new C of I youth offices appointed - City wellbeing focus of Moderator’s Ulster University lecture - ‘Reality’ magazine celebrates 80 years - Celebrations mark bi-centenary of CMS missionaries in India - Search on for key Anglican post in Rome - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-9
Priests to hear confessions in a Belfast shopping centre - Cathedral and Corrymeela join in Cantate on St Cecilia’s Day - Shortage of priests could lead to fortnightly Masses in Limerick - Child-friendly spaces needed for children of Mosul - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-8
Dublin & Glendalough Diocese to raise 300,000 euros to help Irish Refugee Council - Irish Church leaders witnesses to historical Catholic and Lutheran ecumenical event - New media officer for Cashel, Ferns and Ossory diocese - The Quietly Explosive Phenomenon Of 'Fresh Expressions’, Church Army report - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-novemebr-6
Fr. Shay Cullen to receive the 2016 Hugh O'Flaherty Humanitarian Award - Journey towards Inclusion @ Changing Attitude AGM - New DVD and history of Presbyterian Children’s Society - ‘Hope and Resilience’ theme at Christ Church candle lit film series - Archbishop Eamon Martin invites families to join in a special Novena of Prayer - US Election season makes pastoral demands of churches - ‘It’s not a mortal sin to vote Democrat,’ says diocese - Christians To Floodlight UK Churches Red For Middle East Martyrs - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-5
Irish citizens must think about role of religion in Republic’s second century - New look at Rebel Prods and the 1916 Rising - Former Moderator appointed to Holyrood reform panel - Christian Aid and ABColombia warmly welcome the timely visit of Colombian President - Sudan's War On Christians: School With 1,000 Pupils Closed After Raid - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-4
Dublin Council of Churches 2016 Walk of Light - NI Government grants available for improvements to community halls - Dunlavin inter-church harvest festival builds community - International Justice Mission focus of Moville service - C of I Historical Society conference this Saturday - Church in Wales appoints first female bishop - Pope Francis Slams Door On Female Priests For Ever - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — cni-november-3
500 Years After Reformation, Catholics And Lutherans 'No Longer Strangers' - Dublin lectures recall Patron Saint and mark 800th diocesan anniversary - Methodist leaders call on Irish government to set up a refugee agency - Former Man Utd and Northern Ireland star ordained - Evangelical Anglicans Urged To 'Stand Up And Be Counted' Over Gay Blessings - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-2
Habitat for Humanity helps Shankill Road parish create community space - Presbyterians asked to pray for US election - Anglicans and Orthodox agree on resolution of key doctrinal difference - Catholics and Lutherans must ‘move beyond controversies of the past’, says Pope Francis - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-1