Major plan to redraw C of I diocesan boundaries withdrawn - Jayne Ozanne to speak at Synod week Changing Attitudes seminar - Hopes raised for new post-primary Catholic schools - UK’s day of prayer for the media - Companion link sees US bishop take assisting role in Liverpool - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - 7 May
Catholics support Church of England Pentecost prayer initiative - Anglicans respond to Canadian town’s wildfire evacuation - Mission to Seafarers fundraising challenge to yacht enthusiasts - New Zealand synod debates “Way Forward” on same-sex relationships - Tribute to Lisburn Scout District Commissioner - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 6
Ballymena Presbytery launch farming pastoral leaflet - Social networks can lead to polarisation and division, Archbishop Eamon Martin - Isle of Man bishop votes against same-sex marriage law - Belfast choir girl sings at St Paul’s - New life for Derry’s Guildhall organ - Monkstown organ recitals - News briefs and vacancies - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 5
New C of I confirmation resource to be launched at General Synod - Archbishop Clarke at London service for 150 years of Reader Ministry - Presbyterian voters urged to approach election prayerfully - Dublin lecture ‘Beyond Blood Sacrifice and 1916’ - New Sports Mission Pack will help churches reach out this summer - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - Death of Catholic pacifist Fr Daniel Berrigan - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 4
Irish naval ship sails on migrants mission with 200 Teddy bears from Cork Mothers’ Union - Catholic church in Ireland to mark World Day of Social Communications - Holocaust Day remembered in Belfast - Presbyterian Church’s Mission Convener visits partners in Indonesia - Tuam project to provide ‘Maji kwa Maasai’,’water for Maasai’ - Sister Crockett a striking example of Derry womanhood - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 3
A memoir that touches my life, my Church and my country... visionary, courageous and inspirational, Steve Stockman writes. Click here - CNI - Book May 3
Major report on recent difficulties in Down and Dromore diocese published - Filling Station worship in Ballymoney - Irish clergy to staff Serbian Biblical training conferences - 500 Transition Year students at RDS faith gathering - New extension opened at C of I Rathdrum school - Prayers for gay and lesbian couples criticised by evangelicals - Census of 4,000 congregations across Scotland next Sunday - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 2
Over 1,000 expected at Presbyterian Women’s Annual Meeting - Archbishop Martin announces Year of Mercy Rosary Relay in Armagh Archdiocese - Cork young people focus on homelessness - Syrian refugees get warm welcome from Derry church leaders - Northern Ireland Pray for schools initiative - Papal Nuncio to open a Door of Mercy at Lough Derg Basilica - 15 nationalities celebrate new National School in Lucan - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 30
Catholic Church pair to walk 280km across Ireland for C of I church repair scheme - “This is the Day” theme for Presbyterian Women - “The Big Picture” theme of Down and Dromore Bible week - Church looks at homelessness in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland abortion law 'criminalises women' says Amnesty - Refurbished Chapel at Cork school dedicated - Archbishop welcomes Pope’s approval of beatification of Venerable John Sullivan - Funeral of Sister Clare Crockett to be on Monday - Tribute : David Hull lay Methodist preacher - News briefs - Cathedral and choral: Notre Dame choir concert - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 29
Catholic bishops identify issues for Northern Ireland elections - Irish Council of Churches appoints new General Secretary - Church leaders meet paramilitary panel - Irish Methodist minister to monitor in Israel - Pope paves the way for beatification of Jesuit Irish priest - C of I urged to adopt Anglican Communion Sunday - New York experience for winner of Northern Ireland International Organ Competition - Dunleath organ workshop key part of NI International organ competition - Variety in May’s Presbyterian Herald - Prayer for the EU referendum campaign - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 28
Comments by the C of E Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes and Alexander Lucie-Smith, a Catholic priest, doctor of moral theology and consulting editor of The Catholic Herald. The former Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones, will provide a report to the British government detailing the experiences of the families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster. Click here - CNI - Focus April 28
Ecumenical launch of first Church Army Centre of Mission in the Irish Republic - Debut performance of Dublin City University's Gospel Choir - Redemptorists’ Jubilee Pilgrimage at St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast - First ‘Cradle Roll’ service in Christ Church Parish, Lisburn - Packed closing Mass for Scoil Carmel secondary, Limerick - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 27
One of my favourite quotations comes from Dr Martin Luther King, the great African-American civil rights leader, Arlene Foster writes. Click here - CNI - Focus April 27
Michael McGibbon's widow thanks Protestant neighbours for their support since murder - Nobody has a monopoly on 1916 victimhood, says Primate - Limerick response to proposed changes to Diocesan Boundaries - Girls Friendly Society Meath and Kildare diocesan service - New Scout Troop invested in Holy Trinity Dunfanaghy - Confirmation group challenged by conditions on Cruach Phadraig - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 26
The Queen has never hidden her strong Christian faith. In celebration of her 90th birthday, Mark Greene presents ten significant quotes from her famous speeches. Click here - CNI - Focus April 26
Services mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising - Irish language award for Methodist Church’s East Belfast Mission - ‘Amazed by Jesus' at the Kids' Big Day Out 2016 - Change of chief executive at Bible Society NI - First Minister says Missionary Maud Kells is inspirational - Poverty and social exclusion eroding rural communities - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 25
Church presence at Northern Ireland events to celebrate Queen’s 90th birthday - Archbishops to concelebrate annual 1916 Mass of Remembrance in Arbour Hill - Dublin and Glendalough Synod rejects proposed boundary changes - A home for everyone must be a human right, Irish Society of Friends - Start of new build Dublin church care home - Refreshed Guide to Methodism Released - A third of Catholic churches across north Wales are to close - Cathedral and choral: Cantata in Birr, Icon in Derry - News briefs: Brexit Bible mural, Flute Band church outreach, Evangelical Alliance intern posts, Ballysillan Church anniversary - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 23
NI army cadet representative at Queen’s birthday celebration - Bishop Willie Walsh to launch his memoirs in his native Roscrea - High turn out for Dublin synod on boundary changes - Presbyterian history focus on New Zealand, Crimean War, Women, war and workhouses - Father Peter McVerry’s new book ‘The God of Mercy, The God of the Gospels’ launched in Derry - Irish Quaker Records Now Available Online - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 22
The Queen: ‘A constant in our time’, Moderator - Interfaith Service remembers victims of Brussels attacks - Ardoyne priest praises Orange lodges for ‘generosity’ - Belfast church’s mini-book fest starts with ‘Politics and Peace’ - Hundreds of young Irish pilgrims prepare for World Youth Day in Poland - North West Church Leaders join students for ethical remembering workshop - New Member of Staff for Down and Connor Safeguarding Office - Retirement tribute to The Rev Canon George Irwin - C of I commitment to support Children’s Ministry - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - A prayer for Ethiopia following attack in Gambella - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 21
Presbyterian Church forums on pastoral care of manse families - C of I Long–term Church initiative - New Parish Centre at opened at Dunboyne - Tribute, Captain Sir John Leslie, Bart., KCSG - NI election, Huge flyer campaign by anti-abortion activists - Cathedrals and choral - 19 News briefs - Bishops ask Catholics to pray for the Queen to mark 90th birthday - English and Welsh bishops schedule first National Eucharistic Congress in more than a decade - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - News April 20
The Somme : a Wider Set of Reflections and Experiences - Nun from Derry killed in Ecuador earthquake - Over 1,000 Irish advance orders for Pope’s Amoris Laetitia - New inter-church resource on refugees - Presbyterian Church response to comment in media on abortion - Pray for attacked church, Methodist President - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
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Millions of careless ticks can be used later to justify the Catholic Church’s near monopoly on the state’s schools, Richard O’Leary writes…
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CNI - FOCUS APRIL 19
Click on headline for reports : Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees with him to Rome - Information morning for clergy and church leaders on homelessness - Moderator congratulates President on his 75th birthday - The north’s last clerical principal bows out - C of I Historical Society meeting in Armagh - Presbyterian Church tries to recapture the rhythm of devotion - Multiple fires lit in Belfast Methodist church arson attack - Safeguarding Board launches ‘Child Safeguarding Learning and Development Strategy’ 2015-2018 - News briefs - Cathedral and choral - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
A senior Presbyterian minister has said that abortion should be a “matter of choice” for those in certain very difficult circumstances and has supported relaxing the current ban on abortion, reports Sam McBride.
Irish clergy family meets Pope Francis - Scottish Episcopal and C of I inter-Church Relations Committee s meet in Dublin - Number of same-sex marriages in Ireland revealed for the first time - Former BBC journalist to speak at interdenominational healing service - Tipperary C of I parish hosts Reflections on 1916 - Priest dances his way through Newry for charity GAA event - Presbyterian Symposium on the First World War - Prestigious Award for Connor MU members - BBC Radio Ulster School Choir Of The Year finals weekend - News briefs - Pope’s visit to Greece today is ‘not political’ says Vatican - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Launch of Church Army’s ‘Open Door Lunch’ for Belfast homeless - Meath and Kildare Diocese celebrates meeting "Good for the Sole" target - Stolen stations of the cross by Evie Hone recovered by Garda - Presbyterian Church to email daily devotions - English Bishop who shaped American Methodism commemorated - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Chief executive sought for controlled schools body in Northern Ireland - Priest recalls Belfast blitz as church prepares to honour war dead - Northern Catholic church council’s official meetings with DUP and Sinn Fein - Core Skills: Children's Ministry Course - Work of the Holy Spirit focus of Pentecost lecture series - Pope Francis: The Church is not a community of ‘perfect people’ - New resources on encouraging vocations - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pulitzer Prize winner to speak in Belfast church - Concerts by Singing Friar from Assisi in Athlone and Killarney - Derry lecture on Pope Francis and the Environment - Ireland's biggest gospel music festival coming to Ennis - Mary McAleese criticises Pope Francis’s document - Emigrant Information Pack 2016 now available - News briefs - Lutheran Church of Norway votes in favour of gay marriage - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Rubicon 2016 Explores 100 Years of Irish Culture, Arts and Faith - 97 of 100 proposals approved at Limerick Synod - Church Army’s Belfast launch of ‘Open Door Lunch’ for the homeless - Come and sing Messiah favourite choruses in Limerick - Death of C of I cleric who was an authority on the Orange Order - Doing God's Bidding in Maghera - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Nobel Peace laureate Máiread Maguire criticises the Easter Rising as "ethically and morally wrong" - Over 300 ‘Street Pastors’ take to the streets on weekend nights in Ireland - Calls for Dáil prayer to be scrapped - New C of I Chief Officer begins work - Renowned musician to play in Armagh cathedral - YWCA Peace and Justice Training - Reprint of User’s Guide to the Book of Common Prayer now available - Seminars on church building maintenance - News links to reports on faith, politics and education