Twenty year high for young priests; Archbishop of Canterbury supports response to Winchester safeguarding report; C of E must be 'distinctive' - Nazir Ali; Praise for church winter shelter volunteers; Church: perfect in all its imperfections; New director of the Central Secretariat and Clerk to the Synod; Media review
The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory by Deborah Alun-Jones (Thames and Hudson)
The rectory has long been a seedbed of British literary creativity, writes Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph
Don't think of a hippopotamus.
Presbyterians update web; Bereaved Parent Support Day; New look at old truths; 400 years of Presbyterianism; Arctic Ministry
Mothers Union All Ireland president and Trustees commissioned; Fear of reporting sexual assaults is ‘shameful indictment’, says Irish President; 100th Anniversary of Mothering Sunday; Women's struggle for equality and peace marked in Sierra Leone; Women with disabilities take a stand against violence
Eamonn McCann in The Belfast Telegraph - Keith O'Brien is in disgrace and has been kept away from the conclave which will choose a new pope. But Sean Brady is already ensconced in the Vatican, murmuring with fellow Princes of the Church about who's best to lead them out of their present predicament.
We seem to think that being Christian equals being nice. Not so
New Issue of Search; CMS Ireland Annual Project; Services on Mothering Sunday; Clogher Youth Council Annual Weekend; Lenten talks; Media review
Archbishop condemns benefit changes; Anglican bishops letter: benefit cuts will have 'deeply disproportionate effect’; Church supports the call for more responsible lending; Church needed to fill gap left by end of Commission for Rural Communities; 100th anniversary of Mothering Sunday; Primus gives Spital Sermon in the City of London; How the United Kingdom has changed, 1971-2011; Jersey dean suspended over safeguarding failure
Liam Clarke writes in The Belfast Telegraph - Peter Robinson must resist the temptation to lock horns with the police and courts; it doesn't fit his position as First Minister. He should leave the rhetoric to those further down the ladder.
Intimacy with God
The starkness of Lent
Dana and Live Issue in Concert at St Macartin's Cathedral; Archbishop of Dublin on Mothering Sunday; Easter Dawn Communion in 'God's Acre’; And the chart–topping hymn is?; Media review
On International Women's Day the Anglican Church in Zambia launched a new initiative to tackle violence towards women and girls; "Remember the survivors" - Japanese Anglicans to Communion women
The Archbishop of Canterbury voiced opposition to same-sex couples adopting children and insisted that the Bible is “clear” that gay couples should not have sex, previously unpublished writings show. Yesterday John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor of The Daily Telegraph, gave this preview of a biography of the new Archbishop which is published today
Renew us with your life giving spirit
HMS Belfast anniversary; St Patrick's Day in St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher; Mount Merrion set to celebrate 50 years; Festival Of Preaching; The Dock Cafe reopens; Clogher competition; Media review
Four Reports marking International Women's Day - 1. on the UN Commission on Women currently underway in New York; 2. Ambassador praises Communion, but calls for women's equality; Anglicans, 3. Episcopalians told: "We are all complicit in human trafficking”; 4. Zambian Anglicans "played vital role" in fight against gender violence - Mothers Union role highly valued
Even the most tragic stories find redemption in the story of the Bible. In 1996 Jerry Sittser, professor of religion at Whitworth College, published A Grace Disguised, the story of his family's tragic car accident (it claimed his wife, mother, and young daughter) and the faithful manifestation of God's grace in the midst of searing pain and loss. Though writing the book was "an unpleasant task" and "did nothing to explain or justify the accident," it has helped thousands of people navigate their own grief.
Justice is the face of love in the wider society
pace on Sunday; Anúna at Saint Bart’s; Reflections from the Congo; Limerick City Parish Holy Week; Sonrise Service on Killiney Hill; Media review
Scotland’s First Minister and Church Leaders consider common concerns; Christian Aid supports European bank reforms; Mothers' Union members invited to Archbishop's enthronement; Llandaff Cathedral appeal benefits Bangladesh maternity hospital; Bishop - Remember mums in financial hardship this Mothering Sunday; Shrinking the Footprint app; Media review
Approaching the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement the News Letter is critical - Things have not gone according to plan… For starters, instead of getting peace we got a “peace process”, an endless process…It is hard to think of any other conflict after which it has taken so long for the two sides to come to terms with each other, perhaps because the “peace process” has little to do with delivering peace.
We can only hear and see what the framework of our world view will allow us to hear and see
MU General Meeting 2013; Ecumenical Celebration of St Patrick; 'Flags, Loyalists and Nationalists: The Canadian Experience’; Down & Dromore Youth web site; Media review
Hatch, match and despatch - Music survey goes online; Abuse in UK music schools: More than 1,000 musicians call for inquiry; Benjamin Britten at St Patrick’s; Enniskillen Cathedral Convert; BBC Easter; Vacancy - Marlborough College; Releases
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has affirmed Ben Quash's book 'Abiding' for his Lent 2013 book. The book, 'Abiding' by Ben Quash, considers what the concept of 'abiding' means for Christian prayer and devotion.
You who are simple, turn in here
St Patrick’s Day in St Patrick’s; Bishop of Derry condemns attempted attack; Conference to look at the impact of porn; George Cross presented to parish; Elections confirmed by House Of Bishops; Media review
Archbishop compares C of E to shouting family; Justin Welby has already signalled his faith in women’s ministry; Next bishop of Blackburn to ordain women; Proposed new diocese for West Yorkshire; Cardinal O'Brien admits sexual misconduct, but questions remain