A South Dakota woman, a member of the Sioux Tribe, who served as a missionary in New York state and established a shelter for abused women in her home state has been honoured posthumously by the Episcopal Church.
Canadian TV commentator Rex Murphy is tired of Christians turning the other cheek.
In 2011, Irish Youth Choir realised a long held ambition to create a smaller chamber choir of 27 singers, selected from within the ranks of the 100 member Irish Youth Choir.
Irish Youth Choir will begin its recruitment for 2012 early in the new year. Competition for places will be stiff, as only 60 singers will be accepted for the choir. 2012 will be a special year for the choir as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
After slightly more than a year, the No Anglican Covenant Coalition can point to several successes, according to Coalition Moderator, the Revd Dr Lesley Crawley. Full text of press release follows report..
The UK and the rest of Europe must stop making excuses and blaming others for its failure to commit to tackling global warming, British-based global development agency Christian Aid said yesterday (Tuesday 6 December 2011) as ministers took over from their negotiators at the climate talks in Durban.
This year is the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first SAMS missionaries in the North of Argentina. During 2011 there have been many centenary celebrations among the indigenous communities across the diocese of Northern Argentina.
Swaziland has the highest adult HIV prevalence in the world. A 7-year-boy in a ragged gray shirt, with scabby knees and scuffed shoes, sits on a grass mat. He is listening intently to a presentation assuring him that the disease in his body is not his fault.
Eileen Battersby writing in The Irish Times gives a wonderful overview f Christmas and the music related to the festival.
RSCM Ireland, in association with the National Centre for Liturgy, will host a Psalm Day on Saturday 11 February 2012.
The 58th Cork International Choral Festival will take place 2nd - 6th May 2012
Bishop John Packer of Ripon and Leeds in his Advent Address gives some interesting answers… which may resonate with some folk in the C of I !
Fearing that the 1,500-year-old roof of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity could collapse at any time, the Palestinian Authority is looking into how to repair the wooden and leaking top of the basilica built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian around 6oo A.D.
Afghanistan risks deteriorating into civil war if government leaders meeting in Bonn resort to “quick fix” measures, Christian Aid has warned.
Bishops want Bishop Lawrence to meet with them and supply information in writing.
Habitat for Humanity said a big 'thank you' to its 700 volunteers on International Volunteer Day.
The Down and Dromore Youth and Children’s Department has just completed 9 Children’s Leaders’ Resource Evenings throughout the Diocese.
Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly on Radio 3 - live at 3.30 pm on Wednesday and repeated at 4pm Sunday. Choral Evensong was first broadcast on Thursday 7 October 1926 live from Westminster Abbey and has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio ever since.
Harry Meehan, currently organ scholar at St Patrick’s, Dublin has been
appointed organ scholar at Truro Cathedral.
When Samantha Stevenson gave up a music degree and became an Army wife, her dreams of being a singer seemed lost forever.
Churches across the Anglican Communion have been told they are uniquely placed to change how society thinks about gender-based violence.
Faith leaders have called on decision-makers at the UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, to act in the interest of humanity and reach an agreement on cutting global greenhouse gas emissions.
WCC conference in Lebanon commences today - Who is my neighbour? - Around 214 million people in the world are on the move, seeking livelihood and security outside their home countries.
John Bell of the Iona Community works with churches and communities across the globe enabling the song of God’s people to come alive. He is going to be leading two events in Northern Ireland in January 2012:
Two up coming events
Compositions sung at the year’s royal Wedding and for the military wives’ choir - Paul Mealor's sacred music illuminates both our past and our future, writes St Paul's Cathedral's Michael Hampel, Residentiary Canon and Precentor.
The phrase “iconic image” is one of the most overworked in current parlance.
Perhaps it is appropriate that the first bishop’s Christmas letter to be received is that from the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani
An intimate of the present Pope, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a Canadian, has just completed his first year as prefect of the congregation for bishops - the man who short lists possible bishops for appointment. In the interview with the Italian bishops’ newspaper he reveals that more priests turn down preferment that he could have expected.
The Bible Society has launched a brand new resource for schools and churches using the BBC’s hit Christmas drama, The Nativity.