The newly formed Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry Network met for their second meeting recently at the RB in Dublin. The committee has been created by Standing Committee to explore the needs of children’s ministry in the Church of Ireland.
In August 2011 three young adults: Damian Shorten and Jason Downes from Rathkeale & Kilnaughtin Group of Parishes and Edward Hardy of Clonfert Group of Parishes trravelled to South Africa. They were superbly hosted by the Companion Diocese of Saldanha Bay.
Fessing up time. I am a fan of Billy Connolly and his travels on his motorcycle trike. In the first of a series of programmes which started last night, he was wandering around my most favourite US city, Chicago.
Mothers Union marked International Literacy Day on Thursday of last week. International Literacy Day raises awareness of the importance of literacy and to remind everyone about the global situation where 796 million adults lack basic literacy skills and two-thirds of them are women
MU Diocesan President’s UN award, The biggest two Unions in the world, Support for persecuted Anglicans in Zimbabwe, Theme 2012, Insight from Burundi, Marketing conference
The Rt. Rev Stephen Njihia Mwangi Bishop of Nakuru Diocese, Kenya and his wife Hannah, Mothers’ Union, Diocesan President and Kenya Provincial President visited the MU in Salisbury diocese recently.
Robin Mark and his band will be in concert in Shankill Parish Church, Lurgan on Friday 30 September at 7.30pm.
The editorial in today’s Church Times, the leading newspaper in the Anglican Communion, comments on recent press speculation regarding the retirement of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
On Saturday 1st October the Priory Singers will present a Harvest Concert in Seagoe Parish.
Would you, or someone known to you, benefit from this unique opportunity to develop a solid biblical foundation for leadership in public life?
At All Saints Roman Catholic Church Cathedral in Nairobi, African workers were recently singing lively Christian worship songs as they broke ground for the construction of a new office block for the Nairobi Archdiocese.
If the world’s best organ keyboards are good enough for the 360-strong Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah, US, then they’ll do nicely for the 30 voices in Ballywillan Presbyterian Church Choir in Portrush where the work of Wells Kennedy and David McIlderry is appreciated after recent improvements.
Yesterday the misuse of social media figured in at least two courts of justice.
Headmasters, teachers, nursing staff and priests were evicted this week from Daramombe Mission near Chivhu, as the breakaway Bishop Nolbert Kunonga continued to seize properties belonging to the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA).
The forthcoming Olympic Games have shaped the theme of Armagh’s Diocesan Youth Council’s programme for the coming winter months
The death in the USA of a bishop resonates in Ireland.
The Bishop of Harare the Rt Revd Dr Nicholas Chad Gandiya said he is suspicious of a robbery at his house in which only money and communications equipment were taken.
Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession, according to church sources.
The Episcopal Church’s internationally known Camp Allen, a major conference and retreat centre facility, was vacated due to the fires which have been raging in various parts of this vast state.
Like the assassination of President Kennedy, you know where you were and what you were doing when you first heard the news of 9/11.
A special service of Thanksgiving and Dedication will be held in St Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry on Sunday 11 September at 7.30 pm. Following on from the major celebrations on June 9 to mark the complete restoration of the historic building, the service on Sunday evening will focus on the life of the Cathedral in terms of its music and choral tradition.
CDs with a specially composed Requiem, and of Bach’s complete motets form part of Trinity’s response within an impressive programme this week.
As the Northern Ireland Assembly reconvenes there currently are a number of serious, specific situations which will affect the quality of life of people right across the community.
From New Zealand come reports that two further dioceses have voted against adoption of the Anglican Covenant. Links are also available here to other comments on the Covenant.
A fascinating exchange recently took place in the pages of the Vatican's newspaper between the chief rabbi of Rome and the Vatican's chief representative to the Jewish people. Their conversation reflected just how far we've come in Christian-Jewish relations -- but also how far we have yet to go.
Youth empowerment topped the agenda for the Anglican Alliance consultation which is being held this week in Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
Presiding bishop calls for reflection, commitment to peace
Members of faith communities locally in Washington and across the country have rallied around Washington National Cathedral in its time of need following last week's magnitude-5.8 earthquake.
In the topography of 9/11 memory Trinity Church stands mighty. Its nearby chapel, St. Paul’s, served as a refuge for rescue and recovery workers after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001.
Come and Sing: Fauré Requiem and Mendelssohn Hear my prayer on 12 November 2011, at 1.30 pm in St Bartholomew’s Church, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4