Leading Christian artist, Stuart Townend was in concert in Kilkeel on 21st September when he played to an enthusiastic capacity audience in the Parish of Christ Church.
The press gave uncustomary publicity to choral developments in Lincoln - and somewhat surprisingly the better coverage was in The Daily Mail - a report by Andy Dolan which follows here…
Ben Chewter is the new Assistant Director of Music at Chester Cathedral.
We may be enjoying some unseasonably warm weather right now but the cool fresh mornings and changing leaves on the trees tell us that autumn is here and winter is on its way - and that means Christmas too!
More than a dozen long established and cherished mission hospitals are unlikely to survive the next decade unless health policies and practices change in many African and Asian countries.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and his family are celebrating after finally getting permission yesterday to remain in the city after many months of legal and diplomat appeals.
The Anglican mission agency USPG has sent an emergency grant to Pakistan where major flooding has submerged villages, claimed lives and destroyed crops.
The release last week of U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iranian prison "affirms the importance of the role of religious dialogue and its end product in this case, public diplomacy, as we seek ways to define common ground between our two countries," said Diocese of Washington Bishop John Chane, who returned from a weeklong visit to Iran .
A Wisconsin Presbyterian church is planning to ordain the first openly gay minister in the history of the denomination early next month. This is the first such ordination since the vote this summer that opened the Presbyterian Church to gay and lesbian clergy.
An Anglican establishment
The Rt Rev Pierre W. Whalon, bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, has announced the appointment of the Rt Rev Peter James Lee as interim dean of the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris.
As many as 90 percent of Palestinians in some areas have close genetic ties to Jews, according to researchers.
Reading the continuing reaction to the fact that a C of I cleric is in a civil partnership, I have found myself returning to a sermon preached earlier this year in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin by Canon Ginnie Kennerley.
“Celebrate Africa” family day, Young Talent CD, Policy Watch, The Global Village Fair
Doreen Earls visited Clogher's link Diocese of Wellington, North Island, New Zealand last month. She kindly recorded her experiences.
Religious leaders in Jerusalem are more willing than ever before to take part in dialogue with members of other faiths despite growing political turmoil in the region, said Daniel Milo, the director of the Jerusalem Center for Ethics, at the start of the third annual Interfaith and Ethics Symposium which began last week.
The Christian-Muslim delegation that traveled to Iran for conversations regarding the release of the American hikers who have been held for two years feels that it has made some progress after a meeting with President Ahmadinejad'. See earlier report this site. Delecation’s statement follows.
The US Episcopal bishop whose consecration is close to the centre of the battle over homosexual clergy has condemned the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, suggesting that he has been “abducted by aliens” on the issue, said The Times.
The customary annual evensong was held in Belfast Cathedral on Sunday past for Organ Scholars of the dioceses of Connor and Down and Dromore.
Forthcoming broadcasts by BBC of Choral Evensong are from Winchester, Exeter, Westminster Abbey, Peterborough and Merton College. Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly - live at 4pm 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.
CMS partners are among those struggling to bring aid to thousands of families made homeless by yet more severe floods
The Archbishop of Wales joined hundreds of people from all over the country at a Rhondda church on Sunday to celebrate the revival of community hymn singing and to launch a CD of new hymns and two anthems dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the Archbishop of Wales.
On Saturday 8 October 2011 at 2.00pm all past choristers of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin are invited to participate in a rehearsal followed by choral evensong at 5.00pm.
Links to some services of worship and music: choral, trans - Atlantic and contemporary, currently on the web
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached to a full house Sept. 18 at Catedral de El Señor here reminding those present that conflict has marked human life since Cain and Abel.
It has been reported that Bishop John Chane of the Diocese of Washington and three other Americans are in Tehran for talks that they hope will facilitate the release of two American hikers and lead to better relations between the U. S. and Iran.
In Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, September is a month to celebrate the Bible. Churches coordinate lectures, workshops and conferences for youth, according to a news release from the World Council of Churches (WCC).
A Cathedral Choir Open afternoon, recitals, a lunchtime concert and a special performance for Leaving Certificate students.
The last event of this summer’s programme is on Thurs 6 October at 8pm, with Deirdre Moynihan (soprano) and Alec O’Leary (guitar).