BBC Choral Evensong – September

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.

A lesson in perception

In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a young man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.

SUDAN – Archbishop Deng backs a secular South Sudan

The Primate of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan has called upon Muslim leaders in South Sudan to set aside sectarian concerns and work towards building a free and tolerant nation.

St Patrick's Choir tour

St Patrick’s Cathedral choir, Dublin, completed a successful trip to England last month.

Music briefs

Choir members sought, Bereavement, RSCM Ireland Chairman

Colouring competition

Mothers Union Ireland is currently organising a colouring competition for children.

Another successful youth camp

Dublin and Glendalough diocesan youth camps entered their 20th year this summer and the numbers are up 100%. This was the fifth year organised by  SusanMaxwell.

Anglican Provincial Secretaries meet in Mexico

The Chief Officer of the RCB, Mr Denis Reardon, participated in the recent meeting of Provincial Secretaries from around the Anglican Communion which met in Mexico from 25 August to 1 September 2011 for the seventh in a series of informal meetings started in the 1980s.

Larne’s Messy Church

Larne’s first ever ‘Messy Church’ is being launched on Sunday September 4 at 11.30am in the newly refurbished hall at All Saints’ Church, Craigyhill.

Zimbabwe – ABC planning to visit

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is planning to visit Zimbabwe in October as part of a wider trip to Africa and hopes to meet with President Robert Mugabe to discuss a brutal dispute over church properties.

USA – National Cathedral set to reopen for 9/11 anniversary weekend

Washington National Cathedral, closed since it sustained damage following an Aug. 23 magnitude-5.8 earthquake, is set to reopen for a series of events planned for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

RSCM Voice for Life Award ceremony in Dublin

The Royal School of Church Music will hold its Voice for Life award ceremony at 4.00 pm on 1 October 2011 at St Mary’s Pro–Cathedral, Dublin, where the cathedral will be filled with the sound of choristers, drawn from churches and cathedrals around the country for the presentation of their certificates.

MU Out in force at the Cheltenham Racecourse!

Rosemary Kempsell, Worldwide President of Mothers' Union in her latest e-mail says: “Mothers' Union is out in force this weekend at the Cheltenham Racecourse Gloucestershire, for  the Greenbelt Festival .

Celebrating the Hymn Society

A Belfast event will mark the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland’s 75th Anniversary

How do we give our young people the values they really need?

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali writes…

MU Reflection Days

The Mothers' Union in Limerick and Killaloe are providing two opportunities for quiet reflection and contemplation.

Zimbabwe – Anglican Church fights to reclaim its properties and end attacks

Beatings and evictions of Anglican priests in Zimbabwe have caused the Church there to appeal a legal decision to give custody of its property to excommunicated bishop Dr Nolbert Kunonga.

Czech Republic – churches welcome accord on seized properties

A prominent Czech ecumenist has welcomed an agreement that would allow churches to reclaim land and buildings seized under communist rule but give up receiving state subsidies.

The death of innocence

French fashion brand Jours Après Lunes has released an underwear collection for girls aged 4-12. The 'Fille' range is seen modelled on the company's website by young girls sporting make-up, heavily groomed hair and adult accessories.

USA – Insurance problems hit earthquake damaged cathedral and churches

East Coast Episcopal churches great and small have been assessing damage caused by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that happened earlier this week near Richmond, Virginia, and finding that their insurance may not cover needed repairs.

Fiji – government again cancels Methodist conference

The annual conference of Fiji's Methodist Church, due to start 23 August, was cancelled by Fiji's military government for the third consecutive year after church leaders defied a government directive to step down from their positions.

What characteristics attract you to The Anglican Church?

Recently I eavesdropped a conversation as a number of people stated what attracted them to the Anglican Church. The responses included:

Director of Music interviewed

Carl McCambley, Musical Director in Shankill Parish had oversight of the music at this year's Bible Week organised by the Bishop of Down and Dromore .

USA – National Cathedral closed due to `significant damage’ in eathquake

The earthquake that rumbled up the East Coast from Virginia on Tuesday (Aug. 23) “significantly damaged” the central tower of Washington National Cathedral, shaking carved stone finials from atop the iconic church.

USA – Washington cathedral damaged in eathquake

A magnitude-5.8 earthquake rattled the east coast yesterday. The Episcopal National Cathedral was damaged and the Washington Monument closed. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

India – Mar Thoma church celebrates 175th anniversary

India's Mar Thoma church celebrated the 175th anniversary of its reformation with a visit from the general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC), who said that "reformation requires a unity in which we challenge one another."

Africa – Anglican choirs sing to fight malaria

Anglican choirs in Mozambique are singing to raise awareness of malaria. Anglicans in Mozambique are spearheading a campaign to combat malaria – but say developing countries are struggling because global medical research is focused on the west.

Novels read monthly by 'less than one in two children'

Fewer than 50% of UK children aged eight to 17 read a novel outside class every month, research suggests.

Jamaica – Church alarmed at land seizure

The Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is expressing alarm at what they say is the intention of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to 'confiscate' Nuttall Hospital land.

Cardinal speaks of pain in archdiocese


Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Armagh