Several masked Israeli settlers from part of the Occupied Territories, armed with stones and an iron bar, have harassed Palestinian shepherds and attacked two international observers.
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women in the Penal System has announced a one year independent inquiry into girls in the penal system, after discovering that 168,493 girls have been arrested by 37 police forces over the past three years, including 47,602 in 2010 alone.
An investigation carried out by the NGO Survival International which campaigns for the rights of tribal people, has uncovered alarming evidence that some of Ethiopia’s most productive farmland is being stolen from local tribes and leased to foreign companies to grow and export food – while thousands of its citizens starve during the devastating drought.
Clergy and pilgrims hoping to visit the Arthur Shearly Cripps Shrine last week were once again frustrated by excommunicated bishop Dr Norbert Kunonga who now claims to be in charge of the shrine and 78 Anglican churches in Masvingo Diocese.
In the days since the terror attacks in Norway, pastors and church workers have played a major role in caring for the survivors and the victims' families, with churches opened for people seeking comfort and community.
The second meeting of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network (ACEN) will occur in Lima, Peru from Aug 4-10, 2011. It will focus on Sabbath and Sustainability as an appropriate Christian Vocation
Applications are invited for the Philip Mehaffey Memorial organ scholarships for 2011–12
The organ recital series continues in St Columb’s Cathedral cathedral this summer. Eric Sweeney from Waterford Cathedral and Stuart Nicholson from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, will perform on Thursday, August 11th and 18th respectively at 1.10 pm
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. Broadcasts this month reflect ‘The Summer Season’ of courses and festivals including RSCM MIllenium Youth Choir, Three Choirs Festival at Worcester Cathedral, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy and The Charles Wood Summer School at Armagh.
The Diocese of Orange has made a $50 million cash offer for a 3,000-seat Crystal Cathedral in Southern California that faces bankruptcy.
Writing in The Huffington Post earlier this week, Jim Wallis the CEO of Sojourners says: The markets are watching, the Republicans are watching, the Democrats are watching, the media are watching, the pollsters and pundits are watching. The public is watching and is disgusted with Washington, D.C.
Choral services and concerts
In his youth, Billy Neely was a renowned boy soprano, known to many as the original Belfast Boy. There is a Facebook page contact included in this report
Margaret Bridge has been appointed as Conductor of Trinity College Dublin Chapel Choir for the 2011/2012 academic year. Kevin O’Sullivan has been appointed Organ Scholar to the College.
The Friends of St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher, in association with the William Carleton Summer School, will present a concert in Clogher Cathedral on Wednesday 3rd August 2011 at 8.00 pm
The Rev. Mary Michael Simpson, the first Episcopal nun to be ordained a priest and the first ordained woman to preach a sermon in Westminster Abbey, died Wednesday last in Augusta, Georgia. She was 85.
Oslo Cathedral has become a significant centre of mourning and reflection following the horror of a car bomb attack and mass shooting in Norway on Friday 22 July 2011. A service yesterday was the focus of the nation’s grief and of the media worldwide.
Norway has experienced “an unprecedented and horrible level of violence against innocent people,” says the Norwegian head of the World Council of Churches (WCC)
Eton Choral Course and the Exon Singers at Buckfast Abbey complete the weekly services this month
Lisburn and District Scouts are looking to recruit adults to take on the role of leaders or helpers within the movement.
St Judes Church, Ormeau Road, Belfast, seeks an intern for their Youth/Children's/Family Ministry Team.
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has decided to set up a commission to study and summarize its findings on whether openly gay and lesbian people should be ordained as Anglican priests.
This Thursday evening, July 21, in Castletownshend, Co. Cork, the 31st St Barrahane’s Church Festival of Music will be opened by writer and Irish Times columnist, Mary Leland.
An Associate Organist and Choir Director's post, and an organ scholarship are currently available. Details follow:
IAWN, the International Anglican Women's Network, was formed in November 1996 to be the organization through which the voices of Anglican women would be reported to the Anglican Consultative Council.
The position will involve teaching children in Sunday School, leading young people in a Youth Fellowship, and initiating Church based youth work in Carnlough. The job commences on 1st September 2011 (negotiable).
Clare Amos writes about her visit to Harare and the message of 4 MU tin mugs
Anglicans around the world are being offered a slice of history in the form of a new CD of around 450 photos and films recording the independence weekend in South Sudan.
Everyone is welcome, admission is free, with is a retiring collection in aid of the Companions of St. Mary's Cathedral Music. The recitals start at 1:15 p.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.
New York's same-gender marriage law prompts diocesan pension fund changes