While we wait for Christmas, it’s useful to remember that the symbol of our faith isn’t Santa Claus. It’s not candy canes or mistletoe. It’s not even the Christmas crèche. It is the cross. Click here - cni-faith-focus-dec-12
Irish Faith Leaders stress the dignity of human life in the Holy Land - Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference expresses solidarity with persecuted Christians - Blue Christmas at Eglinton parish - Gold Gaisce Award for Dunboyne churchman - Capuchins back down from suggestions of 1916 surrender letter theft - GAFCON Head Warns The Church Against 'Sleepwalking Into Fatal Compromise' - HRH the Princess Royal appointed High Commissioner to the General Assembly 2017 - GB Churches report ‘dramatic' loss In confidence over youthwork - Tribute to Helen Roseveare by Bishop Harold Miller - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-9
Ballyholme C of I church re-opens with celebration of cross-community support - Student teachers contribute to the Empowerment of Women Programme in the Holy Land - St Anne’s Cathedral parishioner receives MBE for charity fundraising - North Wales diocese visits Meath & Kildare - Bishop criticises Sturgeon for suggesting Scotland could offer abortions to Northern Irish women - Vatican safeguarding commission launches new website - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-8
First female Chaplain to the Irish Defence Forces appointed - New Limerick post for CITI staffer - Live Crib will support Cork charities - Pepper Pot Carols by Candlelight - Achievements and challenges, 40 years after the first ordination of women in Canada - British Baptists issue call for unity over same-sex marriage - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-7
Leading Dublin school axes celebrations amid sex attack probe - Prominent Belfast priest Fr Hugh Kennedy quizzed over sex assault - Steadfastness of Christian presence in the Holy Land highlighted by Archbishop of Jerusalem in Dubin address - Oireachtas honours Mayo missionary - Strangford ferry: All aboard the carol ship of lights - Lunch time Carol Service in aid of therapy dogs - Royal tribute from Connor Mothers Union 90th birthday members - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-6
Connemara digs deep for Syria - Irish Muslims condemn Syria's Grand Mufti's visit to Dublin - Archbishop of Jerusalem’s visit to Dublin & Glendalough begins - Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland says Déarbhla Clarke's story highlights need to examine celibacy issue - Bishop Michael visits Carlow Mart - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — cni-december-3
Pupils suspended from C of I Dublin secondary school - Clonard Mercy Tent ‘a great success’ with Christmas shoppers - Exhibition on Irish Presbyterian care of children - MPs call for Parliament to congratulate Pope Francis on his 80th birthday - Moderator urges people to join him on wonderful Advent journey - Welsh cathedral premiere for film about LGBT+ people in church - New Head of Media to the Archbishop of Canterbury - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — cni-december-2
Netflix TV hit series Stranger Things inspires Christian Aid’s Nativity film - BBC's Christmas Call the Midwife drama highlights work of USPG - Irish Presbyterian Moderator returns from Nepal - Historic Church of Scotland and the Church of England agreement signed - Belfast Parish a winner in Beat–the Street game - Lisburn 2017 Day of Prayer for peace and healing - Please be seated - archive insights from C of I Pew registers - £2.9 million lottery grant to Ampleforth Abbey - Lithuanian archbishop says citizens anxious about Russian military threat - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-december-1
Christ Church Cathedral’s Advent Sheep Trail - Holy See’s press release on Pope’s audience with Taoiseach - Free Presbyterians to protest at Pope’s visit - Papal visit welcomed by mainstream Irish churches - US student wins Church of Ireland Historical Society’s Neely Prize1916 - Coming release of CD recording of major choral work, One Hundred Years a Nation - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-30
Pope Francis to visit Ireland in August 2018 - Powerful and moving prayer vigil against Gender Based Violence - Archbishop Eamon Martin officially opens new Irish missionary seminary - Cork’s First Christmas Tree Festival - UKIP elects pro-life Catholic as its new leader - New Pioneer Minister at the University of Stirling - “Bienvenido todos” Anglicans in Spain welcome pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-29
Dublin ecumenical service will mark Jerusalem link - Belfast Cathedral supports Foodbank during Advent - History of Ashton School, Cork, to be launched - ‘Requiem 1916 – Marbhna’ performed at Knock - Perpetrators Prayed for at Mothers' Union Service - Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes South Sudan Council of Churches to Lambeth Palace - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-28
Mothers’ Union march on Downing Street for victims of domestic violence - Church21 Parish Development Conference planned for March 2017 - Northern Ireland survey of faith based organisations - Senior Anglican Bishop To Preside At LGBT Eucharist - Pope concludes Jubilee Year with appeal for enduring Mercy - Catholicism is growing fast in Norway - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-26
Dublin & Glendalough Clergy Visit Refugee Centre in Rome - C of I wants more nuanced approach to abortion reform in Republic - Archbishop Eamon Martin launches online 2016 Advent Calendar - C of E bishops updated on sexuality study - Lay Leader of Irish Methodist Church for EC Children and Migration forum - Nuncio pledges to reach out to dissenting priests - Black and Red Santas meet before dashing - C of E Issues fierce rebuke to conservative body GAFCON - Hundreds Of Pentecostal Christians To Gather In London For Landmark Meeting - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-25
Enhanced visitor experience at St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny - All–Ireland Prayer Vigil in Londonderry against gender–based violence - International Anglican recognition of Dublin diocese’s refugee work - President Higgins speaks out against xenophobia - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-24
Dublin inter-church Walk of Light brightens dark times - Syrian religious leaders visit Ireland to appeal for help to end war - Cathedral’s red tower symbol of solidarity with persecuted Christians - Familiar hands for Armagh organ recital - Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland insight from the Fermanagh Churches Forum - Book on Rebel Prods launched - New Ecumenical Adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury announced - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education
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Ecuador quake victim Derry nun Sr Clare now a focus for prayers around the world - Choirs Hit the Right Notes at Magnificent D&G 800 Diocesan Evensong - Church Law Workshops Held in Cork - Archbishop of Canterbury visits Pakistan - Pope allows priests absolve women of ‘grave sin’ of abortion - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-22
Irish relatives attend reunion for Scots Presbyterian missionary martyr honoured for wartime service to Jewish children - Top bible award for legendary RTÉ commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh - Ireland’s Eurovision winner headlines C of I Christmas concert - Daughter of priest delivers poem at the arrival of his remains to Co Derry church following his death - Churches damaged by New Zealand earthquake - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-21
Mothers Union to help young people move into starter homes - Archbishop of Jerusalem to visit Dublin next month - Nashville Hall of Fame Songwriter for Belfast Cathedral - Damaged plaster at Clonmel Friary reveals 600 years of history - Statement from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Patrick O’Brien - Dean McCarthy removed offender from volunteer role at St. Patrick’s - Archbishop of Canterbury in online Advent course - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-19
The Anglican Communion is not broken, Bishop David Chillingworth - ‘Reviled’ priests’ morale at all time low, conference hears - Survivors of abuse deserve far more than a ‘deafening silence’ from the C of I - Irish Presbyterian concern at genocide in South Sudan - Direct aid from Clifton to Syria and Iraq - Preservation Award for St Mary’s, Killarney - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-18
Limerick commissioning service of Keith and Lyn Scott to serve again in Zambia - Fundraising campaign gets underway for Dublin diocesan refugee housing - Mission to Seafarers’ Belfast Heritage Sunday - Olympian and Bishop in soft play area - New book from Kerry priest’s blog on his battle with cancer - Preparations for diocesan discussions on human sexuality - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-17
Mothers’ Union revamp safety guidelines to protect children from commercialisation - Enniskillen cathedral concert for hospice - Councillor wants Galway to invite Pope Francis to visit city - LGB&T people support within the Irish Presbyterian Church - New Christian-Jewish dialogue project launched at Lambeth Palace - US Episcopal Church responds to presidential election - Pupils broadcast Act of Remembrance - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-16
Two ecumenical firsts mark feast of Dublin’s St Laurence O’Toole - Ardoyne priest’s face-to-face with his critic - C of I Child Protection Officer for the Republic of Ireland - Remembrance Sunday observed throughout Ireland - Methodist President’s visit to Belfast District - Justin Welby preaches in Westminster Cathedral for first time - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-15
Donegal priest joins lifeboat crew - Brilliant Weekend Blast by Down and Dromore youth - Former Moderator "knighted" by Roman Catholic Church - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-14
Reaction flares up to Moderator’s lecture on city life - Politicians criticise Moderator on bonfires - Griffith College honour local boy, Diarmuid Martin - Oireachtas na Samhna’, a major festival of Irish language, music and dance - Organ recitalist returns to Armagh - Ex-C of I volunteer jailed for sex assaults on boys - Solar suitcases bring light and life to mothers and babies in Mozambique - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-12
Archbishops of Armagh to Join in Wreath Laying Ceremony in Armagh on Remembrance Sunday - Permanent diaconate could change face of Irish Church, Bishop Nulty - Irish Council of Churches Programme Officer appointed - New book on 18th century Archbishop of Armagh is ‘ripping good read’, Archbishop Clarke - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-11
Pilgrims journey together on the first Camino de Glendalough - Blessing of the new Abbot of Glenstal - Bishop’s tribute to Sam Harper ‘southern’ lay secretary of the General Synod - Irish nun in Gaza greeted by Cardinal Vincent Nichols - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-10
Two new C of I youth offices appointed - City wellbeing focus of Moderator’s Ulster University lecture - ‘Reality’ magazine celebrates 80 years - Celebrations mark bi-centenary of CMS missionaries in India - Search on for key Anglican post in Rome - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-9
Priests to hear confessions in a Belfast shopping centre - Cathedral and Corrymeela join in Cantate on St Cecilia’s Day - Shortage of priests could lead to fortnightly Masses in Limerick - Child-friendly spaces needed for children of Mosul - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-november-8
Dublin & Glendalough Diocese to raise 300,000 euros to help Irish Refugee Council - Irish Church leaders witnesses to historical Catholic and Lutheran ecumenical event - New media officer for Cashel, Ferns and Ossory diocese - The Quietly Explosive Phenomenon Of 'Fresh Expressions’, Church Army report - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-novemebr-6