New Methodist Centre opens in Rome marking 50 years of dialogue - Bishop of Clogher elected President of the ICC - Belfast and Derry prayer vigils for vocations - Archbishop Clarke of Armagh at Anglican Communion Standing Committee in Lusaka - Take to the Wicklow hills with Dublin parishioners - Rector who climbed Windsor Park walls to see Pat Jennings win 100th Irish soccer cap - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
An Overview, Five short key passages, Pope Francis’ Prayer to the Holy Family, availability from Veritas, and Introduction from the Archbishop Eamonn Martin of Armagh
ACC16 - Anglican Consultative Council begins today in Lusaka - C of I couple to return to Zimbabwe - Moderator visits Cavan agri college - Life in the Spirit Seminars in Omagh - Dean’s Vicar appointed to Belfast Cathedral - Lay Dominicans Celebrating 800 Years 1216-2016 - Pope’s exhortation today will focus on ‘dialogue’, says Vatican - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Parochial concern at C of I boundary changes - Diocese appeals for calm at troubled West Belfast church school - Moderator joins Ballymena’s Ballee congregation to celebrate forty years - Belfast cathedral service will mark 75th anniversary of the blitz of the city - New Igbo Praise Centre opened in Dublin - Washington and Derry choirs to join in concert - Sun-Up Easter Service in West Cork - Church in Wales bishops stall on gay marriage but issue prayers for after civil service - Pope Francis to visit Lesbos next week in show of support for migrants, says Greek government - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
1916 Remembrance Wall unveiled in inter-faith service - Catholic Church in Northern Ireland and SDLP hold first official meeting - Search for Irish place names of parishes - Message from Pope Francis to Limerick synod - Double celebration at Connor MU Festival Service - BACI’s Spring Lecture by Professor Andrew Mayes - Gaudium Chamber Choir presents Choral Evensong in Donegal - C of I ”Thanks & Praise" hymnbook featured on Radio Ulster - Archbishop of York criticises minimum wage re-brand - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Canon Edgar Turner - Composers' Competition Charles Wood Festival - Was Paul a Lutheran? - Irish Council of Churches graduate student internship - Cork Renewal of Ordination vows and Commitment to Ministry - Methodist North West Synod - Become “apostles of mercy” towards those in need, Pope Francis - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
A curious aspect of the centenary commemoration around the 1916 Easter Rising is the confidence with which many people claim to know the minds of the leaders, Michael Kelly writes.
C of I Commission on Episcopal Ministry did not inform Dublin about transfer of parishes - Limerick’s historic synod opens, first in Ireland in 50 years - Buncrana’s Amazing Grace festival had a wide range of inspiring events - Music in Context, St Patrick’s Lunchtime April lectures - Paul Mullen organ recitalist C of I Cathedral, Armagh - Irish seminarians ordained as deacons served Pope Francis at Easter Vigil - New light on the foundation of Christ Church Cathedral - Belfast Gospel Choir’s Omagh concert - Presbyterian Retreat Centre at Lucan available for groups - Churches unite to support Welsh steel workers - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin Archbishop of Dublin comments on the book edited by Greg Daly for “The Irish Catholic”
Irish Methodist leader to meet Pope Francis next week - Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia’ (The Joy of Love) to be published on 8 April - Presbyterian Church to be represented at 1916 service - Union’s remembrance of Harry Nicholls, ‘Protestant Rebel’ - Major new report calls Anglicans to Intentional Discipleship and Disciple-Making - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
How do we remember a story of the past? The writers of the Midrash agonized about where to begin a story; it is a serious question. Sometimes, depending on the story, it can be the difference between death and life, Pádraig Ó Tuama writes.
Presbyterian Church young adults’ initiative begins tonight - Reporting the Rising: Special Edition of the Church of Ireland Gazette - Methodist Newsletter Easter Art Competition - Mercy Sisters leave Limerick village after 150 years - The book of Ruth is focus for ACC Bible studies - Lambeth's young monastic community hailed a major success - In the global response to the refugee crisis, European leaders are lagging behind - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
I’ll be voting to stay in. I say that to get it out of the way. But I’ve no intention of using this platform to make the case for staying – although some may read what I say through that lens, writes David Chillingworth in “Reimagining Europe: Christian Reflections on the EU Referendum.”
Diocese of Clogher to take reflective look back at past 100 years - April’s edition of the Presbyterian Herald: out now - Connor young people gearing up for diocesan sports tournament - Belfast cathedral concerts this week - 93rd Annual Meeting of the Irish Council of Churches - Church’s Ministry of Healing Annual Service of Thanksgiving - IRC, Christian Aid and NGOs urge global leaders to commit to resettling at least 10% of Syria's refugees - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
We are a people of proclamation and covenant.The Ulster Covenant and the Easter Proclamation were crucial to the formation of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland. But the critical role of Christianity in Ireland means that proclamation and covenant play a deeper role in this island, writes Peter Lynas
1916: Sentimental hagiography should not dictate the future, Archbishop Jackson - 1916: Easter Rising a warning about partition, Primus Chillingworth - Portadown Methodist Circuit farewell - Professor Andrew Mayes to Deliver BACI Spring Lecture - C of I Historical Society’s spring conference - Urgent call for blood donations - “Enough is enough”, Pakistan Moderator laments bombing - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Bishop Donal McKeown speaking at the Holy Thursday Mass of Chrism in the Diocese of Derry
Dozens of Christian men, women and children slaughtered in Pakistan bomb blast - C of I bishop welcomes diversity of views of the Easter Rising - Mother Angelica stood in a great tradition of formidable nuns who got things done - New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities - News links
Imagine if correspondents in late 1944 had reported the Battle of the Bulge, but without explaining that it was a turning point in the second world war. Or what if finance reporters had told the story of the AIG meltdown in 2008 without adding that it raised questions about derivatives and sub-prime mortgages that could augur a vast financial implosion?, John L Allen Jr, writes in The Spectator.
Good Friday Walks of Witness - Commemoration should not just consist of looking back, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin - 1916 Centenary Commemorations today - Choral services and events - New praise centre for Anglican Igbo community in Dublin - Methodist Newsletter Easter Art competition results - Special Dublin and Glendalough synod to discuss changes in boundaries - Clerical appointment to grandfather’s parish - Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway comments on murder of muslim shopkeeper - Pope's Easter message condemns failure to help migrants - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave this ‘Thought for the Day’ on Radio 4's Today Programme on Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross.
Derry Church leaders lead Walk of Witness in city - Jesus of the Scars key to Holy Week events, Bishop Miller - Academic ‘rigour’ needed in religious education, Head of Belvedere - Parishes explore Cinnamon Network micro grants - Raphoe Bible-reading marathon ends on schedule - Irish cleric to be Hon Chaplain to the Queen - C of I Primary School Management Annual Conference - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly in C of I’s past - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
RTE television Good Friday broadcast - Holy Week “Impact” in Castlederg - Dublin nun honoured for work in East Africa - Belfast Methodist Church lecture on response to the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ - Precious Life online petition to stop eugenic discrimination of Down’s babies - Jo Bailey Wells, C of E priest with U.S. ties, appointed bishop of Dorking - Churches in Wales unite to safeguard children - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast cathedral invites prayers for Brussels - Brussels cathedral service an act of defiance of terrorism - Belgian bishops ‘anguished’ by Brussels bombings - President of Ireland signs Book of Condolences at Embassy of Belgium - Methodist President urges mourners of murdered prison officer's to reject 'dark deeds' - Young Macosquin Parishioners Buy a Cow for Butere - Sacred concert in Dublin fund raises for Gaza hospital - South Carolina Choirs’ Easter Monday concert in Derry Cathedral - Pope Francis to wash the feet of 12 refugees today - Release of He Is Risen! A C of E Just Pray Easter Film - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pray for Brussels at each Holy Week service, Archbishop of Canterbury - Holy Week and Easter message from the Archbishops of Armagh - 1916: C of I Archbishops encourage commitment to peace - Buncrana tragedy unites churches in Derry and Donegal - Refugee crisis continues: Church and Christian organisations call for concerted ambitious action - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
UK’s biggest Boys’ Brigade battalion parade in Belfast - Archbishop Eamon Martin pleads for information on the Disappeared - Rubicon exploring the interplay of 100 years of Irish culture, arts and faith - C of I programme for young adults celebrates third year - Bible-reading Marathon underway in Raphoe Cathedral - Good Friday Walks of Witness in Lisburn and Derry - Irish Pilgrim Paths Festival begins - Rector appointed to Holmpatrick Group - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
100 Days Magazine making the headlines - Moderator’s Easter Message:The Gospel of Grace that continues to transform - Church on Derry’s walls outreach to men event - C of I Good Friday worship - Cork mass marking 1916 Rising will pray for British dead - Organ scholars skills training - Largest virtual Hallelujah Chorus - Anglican Centre in Rome celebrates half a century of reconciliation ministry - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Historic Dublin Cathedrals’ Eve of St Patrick’s Day Evensong - Inter-church Blessing of the shamrock in Garvagh - The shamrock is to be preached not drowned, Bishop McKeown of Derry - Methodist home staff success in dementia care - Dublin and Glendalough welcome New Mothers’ Union Diocesan President - Stainer’s Crucifixion will aid Gaza hospital - Aspects of Dublin 1916, Unitarian Church series - C of E responds to UK Budget’s measures on cathedrals and schools - WCC supports new campaign against sexual abuse - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The Easter Rising was “profoundly wrong” and cannot be justified as a “just war”, Northern Ireland’s first Roman Catholic Attorney General has said.
Evangelism focus at Downpatrick celebrations - Archbishop Martin: Ireland 2016 faces many challenges like poverty, homelessness - Great care needed in coming to terms with history, Bishop Colton - Presbyterian pensioner missionary works to free men falsely accused of her shooting - Methodist Church President’s plea for dialogue after murder of prison officer - Apprentice Boys mark St Patrick's Day with parade - Proposals to reduce and resize C of I dioceses - News links to reports on faith, politics and education