Keeping A St Patrick's Day Tradition Alive In Cyprus - Limerick priest to be new vice-rector of Irish College in Rome - Insight from Presbyterian church plant in Donabate - Wonder of Baptism Shines Out at Clontarf Come&C Service - Priory Singers anniversary concert tomorrow - Belfast Junior Girls’ Choir makes its Evensong debut - Dismay at news of NI prison officer’s death - Derry & Raphoe Diocesan Secretary retires - Church of England 'will change' after abuse report - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Archbishop Martin celebrates mass tonight with the sisters of Mother Teresa - Leading politicians and sportsmen write in diocesan St Patrick’s Day Centennial magazine - Church leaders’ condolences to prison officer’s family - Presbyterian community outreach in Dromara - Belvoir parishioner volunteer’s experience at refugee camp in Serbia - 58 years as organist in Knocknamuckley remembered - Holy Week and Easter music in Dublin - Glenstal Abbey Organ Improvisation Summer School - Welsh churches to mark Earth Hour - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Shamrocks on the Shankill tradition maintained - Ancient St Patrick’s stone gifted to Down Cathedral - Methodist Synod concern for vulnerable FASA clients - Preparation weekend for Limerick Catholic Synod - Dad's gambling robbed us of our family home and I fought depression, reveals Church of Ireland bishop - Methodist mission nurse on way to work in Ghana - Presbyterian mission outreach from Kilkenny - Moira parish team share South Sudan experiences - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Derry and Raphoe’s ‘Year of Opportunity 2016’ to focus on focus on mission, children and generosity - Trocaire photographic exhibition in Newry - Documentary on Irish nun’s education for girls in South Sudan - Bangor diocese visits Meath & Kildare - C of I Clerical installations - Moderator announces first "farming minister" during Ayr Presbytery visit - Thousands visit Edinburgh’s Royal chapel within days of re-opening - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pugin & Ashlin’s Dublin Parish celebrates 150 years - Belfast clerics to visit partner parish in Santiago - East Belfast pupils take a religious and ethical look at the events of 1916 - Jesuit son of executed Rising leader to receive Dublin freedom in Hong Kong - Cork C of I schools to celebrate Proclamation Day - St Augustine’s member is Derry–Londonderry’s ”Woman of the Year" - Pope Francis approves new rules for financial oversight of saints' causes - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The calendars of the state and of our schools, popular events and television programmes, are revolving around events marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising., writes Patrick Comerford…
New biography of Presbyterian leader who talked peace with IRA - Too ‘simplistic’ to connect dissident violence to 1916 - Catholic Bishops: 1916 centenary an opportunity to affirm hope for lasting peace and justice - Bishops hail ‘hugely significant’ Irish-language Missal - Moderator urges prayer for TDs - Downpatrick and Dublin events to mark the Feast of St Patrick - Unique Easter Walk returns to Belfast for one more year - Bishop Miller to be Trustee of Tearfund - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast man appointed Chief of Staff and strategy at Lambeth - Mural of St Patrick to replace paramilitary art in Loyalist South Belfast - Girl Guides urge new TDs to step up action for gender equality - Dublin Methodist Residential Home celebrates 250 years of caring - BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship from St Peter’s, Belfast - Children’s Ministry officer appointed for Derry and Raphoe Diocese - Commissioning of Dublin diocesan Mothers’ Union’s president - Gaelic football manager, Mickey Harte says Catholics too apologetic about their faith - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Canon David Porter, a Baptist from Belfast, has been appointed Chief of Staff by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This report of an address he gave to US Episcopalians gives and indication of his thinking and experience so far in the Church of England and Anglican Communion.
Mother Teresa’s canonization date expected on 15 March - 1,000 to attend Derry and Raphoe event in Letterkenny - New MU members at Mothering Sunday Service in Macosquin - St Patrick's Day at Downpatrick Methodist - Training in the Healing Ministry offered in Belfast - Archbishop of Canterbury gives backing to Ministry of Sport strategy - Draft programme for Anglican Consultative Council meeting published - Vatican statistics report increase in baptised Catholics worldwide - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Down C of I parish joins in Mission Week with Catholic neighbours - Parish Nursing introductory information session - Dominican Friars renew Belfast parish link in Lenten Mission of Mercy - Lurgan performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man - Belfast Central Mission welcome for Dining by Design for Dementia - Full house for ‘Beckett in Foxrock’ - ‘He Touched Me’ theme of Clogher Diocese Ministry of Healing event - Catholics urged to ‘Click to Pray’ with the Pope on their smartphones - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast exhibition marks 150 years of Presbyterian help to children - New joint magazine to serve Catholic and C of I parishes - 1916: Maynooth Presbyterian focus on St Patrick’s Day - Unique heritage tour on Armagh Hill on St Patrick’s Day - Passion Walk planned through the streets of central Belfast - Samuel Beckett plaque unveiled at baptismal parish - Christian Aid opens first charity shop - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Easter Day services to be held in Christ Church Cathedral - Church leaders condemn Belfast bomb - Dean of Connor and canons installed - Former C of I lay worker pleads guilty to indecent assault - Stainer’s Crucifixion on Good Friday in St Paul‘s Glenageary - Rival campaigns gear up to win over Christians in EU referendum battle - Mother Teresa nuns massacred by militants in Yemen - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Retirement of Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin - Prominent Presbyterian minister steps aside in bid to be MLA - 1916: Waterford conference on Remembering, Forgetting and Fulfilling - Gaudium Chamber Choir’s ‘Songs for Penitence and Reflection’ in Raphoe Cathedral - Catholic schools should be ‘courageous’ : Primate - Archbishop Welby recommissions President of Mothers' Union - Internet could trigger religious ‘revolution’ as big as birth of Christianity : Lord Sacks - Churches in Wales launch joint election films - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pope’s new children’s book appeals to the child in all of us, Archbishop Martin - Lord Sacks awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize - Overview of March's edition of the Presbyterian Herald - New rector of Monkstown Dublin was ‘a Leap Year Day Internal transfer’ - Alzheimer's Carers Information & Support Programme - Creation Care Network to meet in Newtownabbey - New communications director for Anglican Communion - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Moderator joins Nightlight shining the Gospel on the streets of Belfast - Dedication of new-build Newpark Comprehensive School in Dublin - Irish girl features in Pope Francis’ new book - Scots piping at Carrickfergus church for BB HQ fundraising concert - Armagh organ recital by Edwin Gray - Canadian Anglican Bishops unable to agree to marriage canon change - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Unveiling of new Apparition Mosaic at Knock Shrine - Former Archbishop of Canterbury in Cork to mark 70th anniversary of Christian Aid in Ireland - Dublin priest ordained bishop in St Peter’s Basilica - C of I archive of month highlights 19th century Dublin Convert Rolls - Lisburn Sunday School says farewell prayers for organiser - Mystery resignation of leader of New Wine, the C of E's evangelical wing - GB Methodists to commemorate 100 years of legal Conscientious Objections - Presbyterian Church in which Donald Trump was baptized defies him on immigration policy - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The Episcopal Church is still part of the Anglican Communion, despite actions taken by the primates in January, Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry said Feb. 26, adding he hopes the church “will be able to bear witness” to the entire communion.
1916 saw exceptional risk-taking and violence become commonplace , PCI seminar told - NI's first interdenominational school could be west of the Bann - Irish Council of Churches looks for new General Secretary - Variety in Spring Issue of C of I journal Search - 24 Hours for the Lord in Irish Catholic Dioceses - Australian Anglican diocese challenges evangelical Sydney diocese’s para-church strategy - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
2016 an opportunity to foster new harmony between revolution and reconciliation, C of I Archbishop of Dublin - Politicians should be educated about the role and character of Catholic schools , chair of management association - First Alpha Course at DOCK Café - US choir’s free concert in Belfast Cathedral - Superheroes and more at Lisburn Cathedral’s Big Church Serve - Christians helping migrants should not try to convert them, says cardinal - Archbishops of Canterbury and York call for wave of prayer during Pentecost for evangelisation of England - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
On 23rd June, as the Northern Ireland football team hopefully is progressing to the quarter finals of Euro2016, the public will be voting to make a choice between leaving the European Union or staying in - writes Kate Hoey, Northern Ireland born, Labour MP (Vauxhall) in the News Letter.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury to preach at All Ireland Christian Aid celebration in Cork - PCI seminar ‘Remembering 1916, Martyrdom and Sacrifice’ - Dublin C of I Archbishop appeals for respect across religious traditions at Jesuit commemoration - Spring Edition of Search journal out this weekend - Moderator visits Army chaplains - Armagh anniversary exhibition of Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade - C of I Youth Hosts Missional Conversations - Uganda to boycott Anglican Council meeting in Lusaka - Church of Scotland calls for positive debate on EU - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
....but no other changes... "The bishops again discussed and worked over their draft Pastoral Guidelines in response to Civil Unions within the wider contexts of Marriage and Human Sexuality in readiness for decision at Provincial Synod. These reaffirm our assurance that all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ..
Ireland’s Immigrant Council research reveals Islamophobia - Readers sought for Raphoe Bible Reading Marathon - Divine Healing Ministries’ Youth Service "100 Days of Prayer for 100 Years" - Derry Youth 2000 weekend retreat in Omagh - Cork thanksgiving for Christian Aid 70 years of service - Urban Pilgrimage for Derry youth - Prayer caravan used by Faith Mission burnt to ground - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The long-awaited report of the Way Forward Working Group has been released. This week’s publication comes almost 18 months since the 13-member group began its work – and it proposes two new liturgies to be considered by May’s General Synod.
Housing is key social justice issue facing the country, Jesuit Centre - Methodist President encourages prayerful voting - PCI’s Transform: A fresh way to equip the next generation - US Couple's 50th wedding anniversary marked at Catholic church rebuilt in Ulster Folk Museum - Down and Dromore youth night buzzing - Strabane wedding festival - Remembering 1916, Martyrdom and Sacrifices Seminar - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
I was delighted that last week Arlene Foster and Enda Kenny sat together in Dublin at a Church of Ireland event exploring the centenary historically, for I welcome anything that increases mutual understanding between the two main traditions on this island, writes Ruth Dudley-Edwards in the Belfast Telegraph.
Enniskillen Churches set the pace for Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations - 55 Students at C of I ‘Fit for the Purpose’ Weekend - Methodist President from Myanmar impressed by Irish church’s witness - North Belfast Prayer Walks are gathering momentum - Are you 18-25 and interested in short-term mission? - “The Year of Prayer is Over but the Praying Continues", Bishop of Derry and Raphoe - Irish Methodist President appeals for retraining for Bombardier workforce - Rector of Ballyclare appointed to Ballymena - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
In a passionate statement, Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, tells exactly why he wants Out
Government support for C of I Easter Day Services in Dublin city centre - New chief C of I Archivist and Librarian appointed - Church of Sweden Visit to Cork, Cloyne and Ross - Mayo evening of country hymns and songs of faith with James Kilbane - Death of Revd David Somerville - News links to reports on faith, politics and education