Ugandan ex pupils visit NI to thank those who helped provide their schooling - Moderator sends warmest congratulations to Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on their 70th wedding anniversary - Cork celebrates 130 years of Mothers Union in Ireland - Crib Festival weekend returns to Thornhill, Derry - Lithuanian choir performs in Naas and Kill - The word Christmas ‘has lost all meaning for believers’, priest says - Press Watch: Compassion and compromise sorely lacking in same-sex marriage debate. Click here - CNI -news - November 20
Homeless choir to present concert in Derry cathedral - A green note at Cork Harvest Jazz Festival - New Methodist and C of I Ordained local ministry open learning course - Applications open for Down & Dromore Diocesan Readers Course - Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Moscow - $500m Museum of the Bible opens in Washington DC. Click here - CNI -news - November 18
Church caused untold harm to gay community, says Northern Ireland cleric - St Patrick’s Cathedral to Host First Inner City Christmas Tree Festival - Communion will celebrate life of CS Lewis in his home parish - Walking in a Winter Wonderland at Christ Church Bray - New rector for Maguiresbridge - Biking rector coming to Kilanne - C of I chaplain graduates from Maynooth - SVP launches Christmas Appeal - Zimbabwean church leaders call for national dialogue. Click here - CNI -news - November 17
Four governments represented at Enniskillen cathedral service - Kerygma Choir Evening of Celebration Praise in Lisburn Cathedral - Who let the Dads out Children’s ministry conference - Launch of Anti-drug campaign at Belfast Cathedral service - Alternative Christmas gifts from Methodist World Development - Exhibition on Jesuit chaplains in World War I opens. Click here - CNI -news - November 16
Memorial service for Paddington Bear author at St Paul's Cathedral - Budget welcomed, but talks failure lamented by Presbyterian Church - Two new priests ordained to replace 15 that died in Dublin last year - Garden of Remembrance was unveiled at St Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin - Ecumenical Canon and Organist Emeritus honoured in Armagh - Full celebratory peal to sound from Westminster Abbey where royal couple wed - Former British Army legal chief to be Rector of the Falkland Islands. Click here - CNI -news - November 15
Golf Club venue for Mothers’ Union Prayer Breakfast on gender violence - Bishop’s PA to retire after a lifetime’s service to C of I - Church of Ireland cleric admires James McClean for poppy stance - President visits vandalised church - Rector of Wicklow & Killiskey appointed - PRESS WATCH: Remembrance events need to be more inclusive, Tom Kelly writes in The Irish News. Click here - CNI -news - November 14
Catholic diocese 'has no objection' to Enniskillen bombing memorial - Faith and hope shine at concert celebrating Rev Liz McElhinney - Former Dean of Belfast says he will probably leave Province for good - Book Spot: I Married a Soldier by Brenda Hale and Rachel Farmer. Click here - CNI -news - November 13
Catholic church in Down and Connor diocese has assets worth £140m - Council insists Catholic Church aware of planning application for a Enniskillen memorial - Open door Advent recital in Killough Church - Bishop John Kirby leads pastoral mission to USA to meet with Irish emigrants - Hallelujah! C of E Cathedrals celebrate best Christmas yet - Press Watch: Personal memories 30 years on from the Poppy Day bomb. Click here - CNI -news - November 11
Archbishop’s fears as more Catholic children shun Catholic schools - Remembrance Day service broadcast from Ballynure - Midleton College celebrates 1696 Charter - Derry Reformation 500 anniversary service - Scottish Episcopal Church names first female bishop - Trailblazing woman bishop in move to Ripon from New Zealand. Click here - CNI -news - November 10
Message from Queen as new memorial to Enniskillen’s Remembrance Day bombing victims is unveiled - Sam Maguire Community Bells first peal on Remembrance Sunday - Down & Dromore Pastoral Carers Course - Armagh’s Georgian Festival organ recital - Irish parish link to Dracula - Press watch : Church-run schools have failed at a deeper level. Click here - CNI -news - November 9
Marsh’s Library’s stolen prayer book is returned ... just 170 years later - Good for the Sole: Meath & Kildare raise 75.000 for Leprosy Mission - Scottish and US-based Episcopal Churches celebrate historic bonds of communion - Church to draft lonely clergy care plan - New minister in Swanlinbar - Archbishop Clarke urges church to show hospitality, sincerity, engagement and enchantment. Click here - CNI -news - November 8
Primate’s challenge as Derry church celebrates 150th anniversary - UK Government to double Christian Aid’s Christmas giving - Bishop’s call for prayer for those involved in Westminster harassment scandal - Press Watch: Dean Forde’s vow to put church at heart of city is brave, but it may not be easy - The Muniments of Swift’s Cathedral: C of I Archive of the Month November. Click here - CNI -news - November 7
Lambeg boost for Connor Baby basics project - Belfast screening of award winning film on South African house demolitions - Christmas Tree Festival at Newtownards Community Church - A place to call home: Dublin concert for refugee housing - 7 Upcoming events - Texts published for 2018 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Scripture Union in NI has come a long way since its first beach mission in 1893 - Christian ex-minister becomes first Tory MP investigated under party's new code. Click here - CNI -news - November 6
Armagh Presbyterian minister to be canon of city’s Cathedral - Down Cathedral welcomes two new canons - Archbishop of Canterbury urged to abandon Church insurers over 'derisory' settlements to abuse victims - More questions over priestly celibacy: Make your case, Pope tells Amazon diocese - Ugandan Mothers’ Union leader helps overcome HIV - Book Spot: Knowing God Through the Year by J. I. Packer - Press Watch: Denis Bradley: As the world turns its back on religion, Churches are being pushed closer together. Click here - CNI -news - November 4
Solid Joys, Lasting Treasure, celebration of Rev Liz McElhinney in Lurgan - Huge cross-community charity concert planned for Derry - New full–time chaplain at Bandon Grammar School - Archbishop Williams questions morality of big banks profiting on dirty fuels - Archbishop of Cape Town says “the ANC’s time may have passed”. Click here - CNI -news - November3
Group from Cork C of I visit Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Insight from Scottish Episcopal Church at Changing Attitude Ireland AGM lecture - Songs of Praise from Enniskillen to recall Remembrance Day - Remembrance weekend commemoration in Adare - Maynooth conflict intervention centre hosts Irish missionary’s lecture on peace and development in Eastern Africa - Ballyclare Male Choir in concert for Children’s Hospice Christmas Campaign, “Jingle All The Way” - Dublin cathedral concert in aid of Refugee Housing appeal - Reformation revisited in St Comgall’s, Rathcoole. Click here - CNI -news - November 2
Change as great as the Reformation is happening today, Bishop of Down - Help a Dublin school e-mail the world about the Reformation - Enniskillen memorial dedicated to Oates of Scott’s ill-fated polar expedition - 200 years of worship and witness at Nun’s Cross Church, Ashford, celebrated - HM Lord-Lieutenant for Belfast visits new Shankill Road mission centre - Irish sister honoured for inter-faith conflict resolution work in Nigeria - New rectory for Annalong parish. Click here - CNI -news - November 1
Christian Northern Ireland politician ‘frustrated’ at Stormont deadlock - Magheralin parishioner and entrepreneur shares brunch with Richard Branson - Earth bible commentary launch in Dublin tonight - Irish churchmen renew TCD link with Fukien mission - Christ Church Parish, Lisburn, to celebrate 175 years of witness - Rector appointed to Parish of Ballybeen - Belvoir Parish rector instituted - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s pain at broken communion - Head of Martin Luther's monastic order calls the reformer 'obstinate, intolerant, abusive and rude'. Click here - CNI -news - October 31
Archdeacon Stephen Forde appointed Dean of Belfast - Archbishop Welby to present Anglican Reformation resolution to Catholic and Lutheran leaders - Stunning craft piece brings Christian communities in Tralee closer together - Bolton Library exhibition to return to Cashel - C of I minister uplifted at response to desecration of church in Galway. Click here - CNI -news - October 30
DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson welcomes prospect of visit by Pope Francis - Church ‘cannot stand by’ and let religion be removed from schools, Archbishop Martin - Derry clerics concerned at impact of 'highly dangerous' Halloween festivities on young - Dean of Limerick installed - Belfast sexton to take part in Everest marathon again - Archbishop of Galway condemns attack on C of I church - Reformation 500th anniversary: Lessons are loud and clear - Upcoming events. Click here - CNI -news - October 28
Reformation 500: Archbishop of Canterbury to mark Protestant and Catholic unity on justification - Wanton destruction of small C of I church near Clifden - Senior BBC music producer marks 25 years at Christ Church, Lisburn - Cigarette case 'saved' WW1 priest - Exhibition shines a light on the Reformation - Landmark Belfast church celebrates 50th anniversary - Grassroots campaign launched to persuade C of E to adopt gay blessings. Click here - CNI -news - October 27
Steam engine ecumenists help open new 3 million pound train museum - Anglican Oriental–Orthodox International Commission welcomed to Dublin’s Mansion House - Derry C of I Youth Officer thanked for unstinting service - New minister for Hope Community Church, Craigavon - Flute band plays at church ‘What does it mean to be a Prod?’ event - Majority of young Irish people feel church attendance is optional - New bells dedicated at Ypres Memorial Church. Click here - CNI -news - October 26
Christians in Ireland share responsibility in healing the pain of our troubled past - Diocesan and Parish Readers urged to be purveyors of hope - C of I bishop blesses new GAA park - Mothers’ Union vigil in Dublin to highlight gender based violence - Priest warns parishioners to leave if church is being robbed - Local source of Advent Calendars - Stunning cascade of knitted poppies adorns village church - Full communion proposed for US-based Methodist and Episcopal Churches. Click here - CNI -news - October 25
Lord Eames – As the dead and injured of Enniskillen were brought in, a nurse asked me: ‘Where is God in all of this?’ - Archbishop Martin of Dublin warns against polemics and nastiness in public debate - Luther's example is still driving our faith, Moderator - North Belfast Catholic church shuts over safety concerns - New Director of Irish Church Missions - Reformation Service from St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork on RTE - Weekend celebration in Trim to honour Jonathan Swift - Quarter of C of E churches childless. Click here - CNI -news - October 24
St Patrick’s Cathedral celebrates Swift’s 350th birthday next month - Derry cleric calls on church to allow married priests - Ordination in historic Saul church - New C of I Chaplain at University College Cork - Archbishop of Canterbury boosts links to the Commonwealth of Nations - Cathedrals to trial contactless donation boxes - Anglicans and other Christian leaders demand action on Climate Change. Click here - CNI -news - October 23
New history of C of I launched - Two–day conference on ‘Reformation 500’ underway in Dublin - Church may be in the midst of a tectonic shift, Bishop Miller - New Youth and Children’s Ministry staff in Armagh - Sr. Anne Griffin short-listed for Dóchas 2017 Humanitarian Award - C of E Bishops under pressure to act as Hereford Diocese calls for official services for gay couples - Pope Francis praises John Wesley for leading people to ‘knowledge of Jesus Christ’. Click here - CNI -news - October 21
Pope marks 50 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue - Bishop praises health service as he recovers from heart op - Cork community vows to repair storm damage to church - Remembering Cardinal Cahal Daly: 'There is no alternative to dialogue'. Click here - CNI -news - October 20
Fr Peter McVerry: ‘Evictions are a return to famine times’ - Armagh primates to open new £1.4m library and museum at Benburb Priory - Archbishop Jackson key speaker as Council of Christians and Jews celebrate 75th anniversary in London - Christian Aid supports eco-lodge made famous by new Daniel Radcliffe film - RTE Service for Remembrance Sunday - CITI service of Advent Carols and Readings. Click here - CNI -news - October 19
English bishop: you cannot be Catholic and support abortion - Ireland’s main opposition party votes to keep Eighth Amendment - Wholeness and Healing theme of Dublin service - Down & Dromore course for Pastoral Carers - Award winning director honoured by his former Cork school - New pilgrimage route launched in Scotland - Anglicans and Protestants welcome Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar. Click here - CNI -news - October 18
C of I dean opened home as Ophelia loomed - All creatures great and small at special St Anne's Cathedral service for pets - Official Anglican – Orthodox dialogue group to meet in Dublin - Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29 percent in five years - Churches need courage in complexity, Archbishop Jackson tells Copenhagen conference - A quarter ton of Harvest support for South Belfast Food Bank - Parishioners of Killiney say farewell to their Rector - Irish Church can learn much from Brazil, Archbishop Martin. Click here - CNI -news - October 17