Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Armagh
The Dean of Kilmore, the Very Reverend Rev. Raymond Ferguson, has been appointed All Ireland Chaplain to the Mothers’ Union. He succeeds Bishop Richard Henderson, formerly of Tuam Diocese
There are three training opportunities this autumn in Belfast, Dublin and Lisburn for those involved in children’s Sunday Clubs and mid-week groups. Whether you have volunteered for the first time or have been a leader for years there is chance to be refreshed, encouraged and resourced for this crucial ministry.
A Zimbabwe Anglican priest and his family have been evicted from their home by priests loyal to excommunicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga. Others across the diocese have also been ordered to leave.
The following communique was issued on the 10th IALC which was held August 1 - 6. 56 Anglicans from six continents and from 19 provinces of the Anglican Communion assembled within the Cathedral Precincts for the biennial meeting of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, 1 - 6 August 2011.
Today the Anglican Church of Southern Africa will officially join an international campaign to end violence against women and girls known as the White Ribbon Pledge campaign. At the Women’s Day service at St Georges Cathedral Cape Town today, Tuesday (9th August), the bishops of the Dioceses of Cape Town, False Bay and Saldanha Bay will be signing a pledge on behalf of their churches “Not to commit, condone or remain silent about all forms of Gender-based violence.”
Church Divinity School of the Pacific has been awarded a $90,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation and a $75,000 grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation to support the completion of work on proposed rites for the blessing of same-gender relationships in the Episcopal Church, according to a release from the school, located in Berkeley, California.
Church bombings are increasingly becoming an issue in Iraq: just as a Baghdad court sentenced three men to death for church bombing that killed 68 in October of last year, at least 20 people were wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a Roman Catholic church in central Kirkuk, Iraq, early Tuesday.