Bishops’ Appeal – Urgent Funds Needed; Dublin Lock Out Symposium; Loyal Orders ‘could be part of voluntary parades panel’ - Gazette editor; Have you got what it takes to volunteer abroad?; FG TD was told not to help with communion

Canon Phil Potter appointed Archbishops' Missioner and Fresh Expressions Team Leader; Abp Welby urges Christians in ‘deep disagreement’ to love one another

Churches advocate upholding human dignity of migrants; Global Hunger Index falls 34 per cent since 1990

Despicable people’ responsible for pensioner’s death - Rector; Ministering to people with depression; Church history made in Lurgan

New super diocese receives Royal approval; The clergy ask for help with stress; Tackling stigma

Lord, grant us courage to trust your grace and live in the love you have bestowed on us through Christ, our Lord. Amen. --Eternity for Today

Visit of Archbishop of Hong Kong; Bishop of London visits Derry Cathedral; Presbyterians spend £6.2m on new projects

Belfast  Cathedral Embarks On Cross–Community Choir School; This Week In Christ Church Cathedral; RSCM welcomes VAT change on organs

God of all good gifts, your Son gathered children into his arms and blessed them. Help us to understand our youth as they grown in years and in knowledge of your world. Give us compassion when they face temptations and experience failures. Teach us to encourage their search for truth and value in their lives. Help us to appreciate their ideals and sympathize with their frustrations; that with them we may look for a better world than either we or they have known; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

C of I plea as Girl Guides drop God from promise; Events; Malahide National School Extension Opens; Praying for those with cancer

Methodist women ask 'how can we change the world?'

Since the launch of Methodist Women in Britain (MWiB) two years ago, it has developed as a movement of women seeking to resource and empower women and women's groups worldwide.

Churches seek zero tolerance for violence against women; Archbishop welcomes Amnesty report on violence against Copts

Loving God, we thank you for your Son, Jesus, the Christ, whom you gave to us, and who gave himself for us, that we may live eternally with you. Keep us mindful of this precious gift in all that we do and say. Amen. - Eternity for Today

Search published today; Diocesan Church and Community Development Consultant; Studentship in Religious Education; Calary Church Art Exhibition; Christ Church Past Choristers; St Canice's Cathedral Lecture; Saint Canice's Operatic Arias & Sacred Classic Concert

Faith bodies express anxiety over effect of Lobbying Bill - Thirteen faith-based organisations have written to David Cameron and Nick Clegg to express their fear that the Lobbying Bill will "curtail our ability to express deeply-held beliefs in the political arena"

Saviour God, humanity longs to live in peace. We pray for your healing peace; for those racked by guilt or regret, for those caught up in turbulent relationships, for those burdened by illness or sorrow. Humanity longs to live in peace, but not peace at any price. We pray for those who stir up dissension; by questioning the ways of society, by being open and honest, and by searching for the truth. Amen

Focus On Deafness And Hearing Loss; Churches vital role in suicide prevention - Martin McGuinness;  Dublin Symposium on Jonathan Swift; Children’s Minister: ‘Child abuse has not gone away…it doesn’t go away’

Archbishop welcomes Amnesty report on violence against Copts; Christians in Qatar celebrate formal opening of Anglican center; Latest Bangladesh factory fire underscores need improve safety, says UN

There are words we hear in life that never leave us – stored in that remembering part of us that never forgets. It could be the loyalist describing the nightmare of “sleeping with the victims”. In other words not being able to sleep with his conscience - Brian Rowan writes.

O thou, from whom to be turned is to fall, to whom to be turned is to rise, and in whom to stand is to abide for ever; Grant us in all our duties thy help, in all our perplexities thy guidance, In all our dangers thy protection, And in all our sorrows thy peace; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. St. Augustine (340—430)

Responsibility for the Environment and the Poor are Christian Imperatives – Dean;  Day Of Prayer For Syria; Prayers for those with cancer;  Scouts announce promise for atheists; Loyalist band numbers at new high

Compassion can co-exist with pursuit of justice, says bishop; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warns against undermining independence of judiciary

Church Commissioners plan to build new ethical bank out of RBS branches; Most capped England player Peter Shilton to join Salvation Army's homeless five-a-side tournament

An air of weary defensiveness seems to permeate discussion among church people on the purpose and future of an educational system that is faith-based in any respect, let alone any structure that is manifestly denominational, writes Archbishop Richard Clarke in the first of two articles in The Irish Times

Increase your grace in us, O Lord, that we may fear your Name beyond which nothing is more holy; that we may love you, beyond whom nothing is more loveable; that we may glorify you beyond whom nothing is more worthy of praise, and that we may long for you beyond whom nothing is more desirable; and grant that thus fearing, loving, glorifying and longing we may see you, face to face; through Christ our Lord. Amen   Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536

Bishops Learn About The City Of Culture And Peace Making In Londonderry; Church Leaders Call People To Prayer In East Belfast; Churches Support Working Together To Reduce Suicide Risk; Bishop Good Condemns Graffiti Attack On Church; Tuam introduction

Bishops’ Office and Working Costs Published

 - The 2012 office and working costs of bishops in the Church of England were published yesterday. Figures for individual bishops were first published, for the year 2000, in December 2001.

Archbishop to visit Kenya to offer solidarity; GAFCON and the Archbishop of Canterbury

The global persecution of Christians is the unreported catastrophe of our time, John L. Allen Jr. writes in The Spectator. 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.

You are the great God — he who is in heaven. You are the creator of life, you make the regions above. You are the hunter who hunts for souls. You are the leader who goes before us. You are he whose hands are with wounds. You are ho whose feet are with wounds. You are he whose blood is a trickling stream, You are he whose blood was spilled for us. Prayer of a Xhosa Christian from Africa