Kilkenny C of I Youth weekend success; Death of former PCI missionary to Malawi; First Female Bishop Receives New Crozier; Presbyterian Church acquires Lawnfield House residential home in Newcastle; Prince of Wales’s plea to Muslims over Christian persecution; Catholic Herald View: Prince Charles is taking a courageous stand for the persecuted; Archbishop Welby praises journalists who 'unlock compassion' in Britain; Melanesian Brotherhood novice murdered; Evangelical Anglican Reflections from Rome
Remembrance Weekend at St Mark’s Dundela; Little Day Out for young Presbyterians to celebrate Christmas; Assembly in Kilmore diocese provides basis for new pastoral plan; Quakers in Britain launch 'inspiring' £4.5M worship and conference centre; Archbishop Dolan to close 30% of RC parishes in New York; Young radio reporters in Liberia to spread the word about Ebola
International delegates attend Christian Aid Ireland / University of Ulster peace conference; Silent walk for the Disappeared; Sell your gold to save teaching post, priest asks Church; Belfast parish supports children in Ukraine and Russia; Church ‘leaving falsely accused priests in limbo’; Dublin’s November Church Review; Media review
PCI Congregations encouraged to find a 'Twin' Overseas; Cathedral prayers for Climate Justice; Christmas Workshop for Singers of Church Music; St Patrick’s, Broughshane, Christmas Tree Festival; Events this week; Dysart-Enos church at The Rock of Dunamaise defies The Big Wind; Steve Chalke: churches can't criticise same-sex relationships and still welcome gays; Clergy are ‘more like Old Labour than New’ - C of E survey; Christian Aid reached more than 290,000 people since Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last year
Advent Hope Service with Dr. Rowan Williams in St. Patrick's Cathedral; A chance to conduct Christ Church Cathedral's Choir; Joint Methodist/Anglican Peace Pilgrimage 2015; Ex-Archbishop quits over Church of England child sex abuse revelations; New RTE Radio and TV Religious Output; Service of Remembrance for World War I at Christ Church Cathedral; “Shadows of War” commemoration at Down Cathedral; Renowned Trauma Expert To Give ‘Expert’ Talk In St Anne’s Cathedral; WCC expresses concern over latest in Bibi blasphemy case; Glebe built on mixed blessings - the Irish tithe war recalled
The main church events in November
Church Leaders Meet Chair Of NI Social Development Committee; Britten’s War Requiem at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast; Belfast launch of Search journal; High Court reserves judgement on proposal to examine church trustees' alleged failure to comply with receivers; Newry inter-church forum discuss future of church in Ireland; History made, as Anglicans, Oriental Orthodox agree on Christ's incarnation; Leading C of E bishop Jonathan Baker to remarry after divorce; Media Digest
Disability Awareness Sunday 2014: Changing Perceptions, Making Changes; Diocesan Vocations Directors meet in Maynooth for annual conference; Madagascar Run Raises Funds For Belfast Counselling Project; Kill o’ the Grange Church Family Celebrates Milestone Parish Anniversary; Four in ten Church of England clergy now support same-sex marriage, a poll has found; One in 50 Anglican clergy don’t believe in God: Scottish Episcopalians are ‘most sceptical
Moderator travels to Kenya for overseas visit; Catholic Church is invited to celebrate the Orange Order; Omagh man ‘deeply moved’ after meeting Pope Francis; Archbishop of Canterbury: Abuse has been 'rampant' in British institutions; Limerick Cathedral lunchtime concert - Peter Barley; Cow assists with fundraiser for church restoration; Strabane Christmas Tree Festival ; BBC Radio3 RSCM Choral Evensong from Gloucester Cathedral; Christian Aid delivers emergency food and hygiene kits in Ebola hotspots; After a terrible 2013, Christians in Egypt 'feel much safer' under President Sisi
A comprehensive guide
An Evening of Remembrance in Music, Song and Story - St Finbarre’s Cork;
Greater Love - New Irish Choir & Orchestra production ;
Information Gathering in Cork About World War One ;
Cork Choral Requiem for Remembrance Sunday ;
Choral Evensong and Act of Remembrance at the Heroes' Column, Cork ;
Ethics of War lecture Christ Church, Dublin ;
'Do It Well' Presbyterian Mission Toolkit for short-term mission teams ;
Lord Carson service in Belfast Cathedral ahead of large-scale event planned for 2015 ;
Knowing Jesus with CMJ Ireland ;
Art Sale for St Philip’s Dublin ;
Clogher in Hong Kong ;
BBC Radio3 RSCM Choral Evensong from Gloucester Cathedral ;
Former Irish safeguarding head attacks bishops’ ‘empty gestures’ ;
Comparing Sinn Fein to Catholic church over abuse is ‘ridiculous’: Adams
Pope Francis sends his blessing to Kilmore Diocesan Assembly
150th anniversary of Jewish religious services in Northern Ireland
Photographic exhibition to mark 50 years of the Jewish community in North Belfast
Dublin Diocesan Board of Education Welcomes New Minister but Urges Action on Teacher Morale
New Diocesan Lay Readers for Derry and Raphoe
Canadian Primate says 2018 Lambeth unlikely
Sham wedding trial of south London vicar collapses
Connor Connections autumn issue now available
Holy Land pilgrimage
The ‘media synod’ has eclipsed the real one
Media digest
Catholic schools’ chiefs ‘afraid of change’
Girls re-cycling achievement in East Belfast Methodist project
Religious congregations response to victims 'inconsistent'
New Irish Choir - Music of First War concert in Jordanstown church
Bishop’s vision for his diocese
C of I Clergy Join in Golden Jubilee of RC Church in Cork
Canon appointed to Cork and Ross cathedrals
If I lied, I'd still be a priest
Allegations against the former Dean of Manchester
Dublin and Glendalough Launches Emergency Gaza Advent Appeal; In Derry and Raphoe we have a positive sense of belonging - Bishop Good; Faith as a Radical Ethic of Political Reconciliation - Edgehill lecture; Report highlights lay peoples’ view of C of I in Dublin and Glendalough; Welcome for new Education Authority in N Ireland by Bishop of Derry & Raphoe; Annual Swift Service, St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin; Gay Catholics slam Church for scrapping plans to ‘welcome homosexuals’; Salisbury in top 10 cities in the world to visit; Criticism of plans to charge visitors to Glasgow Cathedral
Archbishop of Canterbury for Downpatrick on St Patrick’s Day; Community needs people of hope rather than people of fear - Archbishop Clarke; First World War Film ‘The Boys from East Belfast’ to be Screened at St Mark’s Dundela; Anger over priest’s blessing of hare coursing club grounds; Service to Methodist College, Belfast, recognised; Parenting Teenagers Workshop in CITI; ‘Heaven in Ordinary’ - an evening with Church Missionary Society Ireland; Former Spiritual Advisor to Bill Clinton visits St Patrick’s, Coleraine
New Prayer Ministers Commissioned in Dublin and Glendalough; Worship, Welfare and War – St Matthew’s, Irishtown, Remembers; Fr Gabriel is more than his sexuality, he's a cornerstone of our parish; Why is the Catholic Church cannibalising the Book of Common Prayer?
Business and church figures in Stormont talks call; Leaders of Northern Ireland's four main churches meet political leaders at Stormont; Principled compromise and accommodation are not weaknesses - C of I’s Northern Ireland Community Relations Working Group; Priest awarded 27pc share of cottage he shared with clerical lover; Woodbine Willie, WW1 Chaplain with Irish roots, honoured; Churches asked to join in International Day of Prayer for Climate Justice; Presbyterian Chaplaincy in the First World War; New Principal Appointed for Midleton College; Singaporean Methodists visit Athlone; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on “extraordinary” address by Pope Francis; Ann Widdecombe: Church’s ban on Communion for divorced and re-married is ‘unduly harsh’; Messy Explosion in Welsh diocese!
Catholic primate Eamon Martin urges 'open minds' during NI political talks; Presbyterians celebrate Global Mission; Irish Methodists and the First World War; New chapel dedicated at Bandon Grammar School, Cork; Linen Hall hosts Belfast City Mission’s 'Changing Scenes' Exhibition; Catholic synod: Gay rights groups 'disappointed'
Queen honours fallen soldiers at Tower of London; C of I response to ebola
Softly March Away – Greystones and the Great War; New shop to benefit community and church; Faroe Islands' Brass Band in Belfast; Licensing of Diocesan Readers; Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Synod
A comprehensive guide
Symposium on Jonathan Swift tomorrow; C of I archives focus of Dublin launch by Minister for Education; Catholic Communications Office welcomes RTÉ’s decision to postpone closure of its Longwave transmitter; Clogher MU Visitors Nights - Phyllis Grothier and Lynda Bryans; Lunchtime lectures at Christ Church, Dublin; Burial vault — believed to date from the 1700s found in 900-year-old Youghal church; Church of Ireland Historical Society’s winter conference; Justin Welby: what should we do about ISIS?
Bishop of Cashel’s concern at direction of education administration; Bishops warn of secularisation of Catholic schools; Inter-party concern at Sinn Fein Education minister’s attempted avoidance of scrutiny of new education body; Consecration of Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe; 12 C of I bishops likely to be unsustainable - Synod told; “Journey of Forgiveness”, a Quiet Day with the Rev. Ruth Patterson; Tuam Quiet Day - Seeing with the Heart; Illumination of church on Derry’s Walls; Ian Paisley’s memorial service to go out on BBC radio and TV; Archbishop Justin’s speech to Lords on Women Bishops; Bishop of Gloucester is to face no further action from police; 1,800 Iraqi Christians from Mosul sheltering in Jordan
‘Remembering a Decade of Change & Violence in Ireland, 1912-1922; Dublin & Glendalough Ministry of Healing service; Equality and religious freedom discussed at Presbyterian conference; Tens of thousands flock to church as Irish priest starts 'novena selfies' craze; Project to commemorate Irish Church Lads’ sacrifice in the Great War; Irish Republic set to back same-sex marriage by large margin next year
Plaque In Memory Of Seamus Heaney Dedicated - Irish coverage plus C of E and Cardinal Vincent Nicholls from Rome Synod
Eight short news reports of church life in Ireland and a look at Gaza - more is needed than money, says Christian Aid
A log of coming events from October 13 - January 2015
- a look ahead to coming events
A review of current news with web links
Call for change in NI abortion law; Archbishop tells Church to listen to 'failed' couples; Church of England’s gay marriage split is as entrenched as ever; Christian 'Love Letter' Urges Homosexual Bishops to 'Come Out' About Same-Sex; Attraction; PSNI apology over employment checks; JD Wetherspoon buys landmark Belfast Methodist church site for £800k; Churches to receive suicide prevention guidance; Clerics call for detail on welfare reform; Minister 'will not abandon religion'; Holy Cross Church: Pipe bomb 'intended to kill police officers'; Catholic primate warns Irish government: No abortion stance change; More young at church in Clogher diocese; Anglicans and others sign 'love letter' to gay bishops; Priest named as first Catholic chair of Council of Churches; Funeral tribute to death crash nuns; Bishops blast RTE long-wave plans; Martin McGuinness says Orange hall attack in Convoy, County Donegal, disgusting; Construction of Uganda Martyrs museum begins; Tanzania Mothers' Union prioritises women’s empowerment
Anglican leaders to cancel Lambeth Conference?; Crisis hits Irish Catholic Church with not enough priests to cover funerals; Cork Diocesan Service for Primary Schools; Episcopal Church's Katharine Jefferts Schori will not seek re-election; C of I Board of Education on the Inclusion of Farm Safety on the Primary Level Curriculum; Church of Ireland Bishop-Elect to be based in Adare; British hostage David Haines beheaded by Islamic State terrorists; Dublin - Meeting of Catholic and Church of Ireland bishops; Row erupts over wearing of hijabs in Irish schools; Former Archbishop calls for prophetic leadership on climate change
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