Services to mark 15th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks - RTE to broadcast new Mass setting by Irish composer - Church of Ireland presence at the National Ploughing Championships - New appointments to the Catholic Schools Partnership - Connor Youth Takes the Castle Weekend had it all! - National Maternity Hospital Annual Remembrance Service - Christian Aid welcomes MPs' answer to tax crisis highlighted by Apple - Protection of children priority for Governing Body of Church in Wales - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - cni-september-8
Bicentenary Week of Mission in St George’s, Belfast - New screening in cathedral for 100-year-old Great War film - ACC Secretary General clarifies view after gay English bishop “outed” - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - September 7
Irish presence at World Methodist Council in USA - Thousands to attend festival of faith in Holycross Abbey - Lisburn parishioners brave the shave for Macmillan - 2017 Holy Land Pilgrimage launched - Archbishop of Canterbury to join Pope Francis in marking 30 years since Assisi - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - September 6
The saint in a West Belfast street remembered - Dublin Information Morning To Explore Issues Surrounding Homelessness - Saviour of Warsaw ghetto Jews remembered in Northern Ireland - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - SEPT 5
Bishop of Grantham comes out as gay and in a relationship - Statement from LGBTI Mission - Married people write to College of Bishops - Gafcon Statement on the Appointment of the Bishop of Grantham. CLICK HERE - CNI - NEWS FOCUS SEPT 5
Major response by Irish Catholic church to canonisation of Mother Teresa - 90 families becoming homeless in Ireland each month - North Antrim parish remembers Victoria Cross parishioner - Back to school with nine cousins - Tweeters invited to #AskJustinWelby on prayer - Head of Ampleforth steps aside as police probe historic abuse - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — CNI - SEPTEMBER 3
Crosscare marks 75 years as demand for its services soar - Barbie-doll expectations leads to girls’ unhappiness - Soccer legend Sir Alex Ferguson says the Boys' Brigade taught him teamwork - Rita Ora to sing for Pope Francis on eve of Mother Teresa’s canonisation - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE — CNI - SEPTEMBER 2
Ireland has biggest homeless crisis since the Famine - Poppies from Tower of London in parish’s new war memorial - Bethany Children's home man takes case to European court - Cows Week in Derry and Raphoe - Wedding Outfit Exhibition in North Strand Church - How to watch live coverage of Mother Teresa’s canonisation - Cathedral and choral: New post for Belfast Cathedral cleric; US cathedral takes aim at gun violence - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - SEPTEMBER 1
Breakaway move by CofE churches over homosexuality welcomed by Gafcon - Bishop Leo O’Reilly offers prayers for the Hawe family - USPG launches new name and look - Pope Francis holds private meeting with Facebook founder - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 1
Glorious weather for Tour de Foyle charity event - C of I ordinations - Mothers' Union urges parents to talk about perils of sexting - Book on dementia wins Michael Ramsey Prize - Pope Francis thanks the Church in Poland for World Youth Day efforts - Pope Benedict XVI reveals his favourite saints - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 30
Dublin born Bible speaks editor dies - Jewish graves damaged by mob in Belfast cemetery - Limerick’s Mary Immaculate College unveils plans for new library - Justin Welby: ‘I am constantly consumed with horror’ at the way the Church has treated gay people - US survey of teens’ perceptions of the Bible - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 29
Fr Shay Cullen wins 2016 Hugh O’Flaherty Humanitarian Award - Justin Welby outlines vision for youth ministry - Closure of Catholic colleges mark beginning of new era - Cork bishops’ sympathy on the death of Peter Barry - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 27
Scottish and irish opposition to preacher claiming to cure homosexuality via prayer - Archbishop Eamon Martin offers prayers after earthquake in Central Italy - Priest pulled from rubble says rescue was a ‘great miracle’ - Tandragee parish fundraising Four Peaks Challenge to fight blood cancers - Fr Brian D'Arcy to leave his post at the Graan - Britain’s Ordinariate is in peril. Here is how to save it - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 26
Pope leads 11,000 pilgrims praying rosary for Italy earthquake victims - Ledger reveals extent of war damage to Kirk properties
Corbyn and Smith to face Jewish leaders in faith hustings - Trustees of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth concerned at anonymous allegations - Methodist Chapel takes leading role in Poldark series 2 - Cathedral and choral: Wells, Salisbury and Dublin - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 25
Trinity College Dublin and Armagh Public Library in new relationship - National youth ministry leadership - Killaloe launches new ‘Be Proud of Your Parish’ project - Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan set to retire in January - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 24
Ireland must not forget outrages against Protestants, President Higgins - Abuse victim slams church for allowing paedophile access to kids - Bishops were told not to apologise to abuse victims - In memoirs, ex Pope Benedict says Vatican ‘gay lobby’ tried to wield power - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 23
Papal nuncio ‘out of sync’ with Irish reality, say priests - Maintaining and growing Irish Presbyterian relationships in Africa - Clogher parish creates Famine Memorial Garden - Cathedral and music: Theo Saunders memorial organ recitals in Armagh: Charles Wood Festival and Summer School: The final ‘Summer Music at Sandford: RSCM Ireland event at Christ Church Cathedral - West Cork C of I Parish produces Garden Fete video - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 22
St Laurence O’Toole major focus of Dublin and Glendalough’s 800 years - Terror victims welcome prayer vigil move from Maze to Belfast Cathedral - Moderator hosts Worldwide Missionary Convention tonight - 368 C of I parishes register with Charity Commissioners - 86-year-old nun who completes triathlons is star of Nike advert - Church-backed play about refugees shortlisted for two awards - News briefs: Heritage Week organ recital and bikes in Limerick; New Veritas book - News links. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 20
Irish Protestant Folk Memory Project - Disappointment following cancellation of this year’s Sliabh Bán pilgrimage - Football insight at Methodist ordination service - Moderator visits Go For It projects - US preacher to visit Ulster prison - World Humanitarian Day praise for front line relief workers in Sudan - Women in the Church of Ireland and their involvement in the Easter Rising - Enough is enough, says St Anne's vicar as he demands urgent help for Belfast homeless - Musical Open Garden in Donegal - Heritage Week at St Doulagh’s, Balgriffin - Institution at Lambeg parish - New rural dean for Mid-Belfast - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 19
Prayer for Peace event leaves Maze for Belfast Cathedral - Pope names Dublin born Dallas bishop head of new office for laity and family life - Cork chaplain helps to develop bereavement care standards - Cathedral and choral: Welsh hymns given modern make-over - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - August 18
Co–op support for East Belfast church’s job club - Church Life Conference programme outlined - Position of UK government faith minister ‘quietly minimised’ - French Archbishop to move on canonisation of martyred priest - Pope prays for exploited women on the Feast of the Assumption - Cathedral and choral: Dublin cathedral carol service tickets on sale - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 17
New Abbot elected for Glenstal Abbey - Methodists in Ireland: Political Identities and Changing Contexts - Church woman’s book on her experience of Locked–in Syndrome - Faithful flock to Lourdes under heavy security - French Olympic swimmer honours his grandfather, a holocaust survivor - Church music vacancy and workshop - News briefs & News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 16
Foremost Irish religious publisher Columba Press thanks supporters after entering liquidation - Bicentenary Week of Mission in St George’s, Belfast - Busy start for Moderator as he goes back to his roots - Top cleric says Church of England risks becoming a ‘suburban sect’ - Pope Francis makes surprise visit to women rescued from prostitution - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 15
Martin Luther was a ‘teacher of the faith’, say German Catholic bishops - US Evangelical Lutheran Church votes in favour of move to unity between Roman Catholics and Lutherans - Heritage Week : 1916 tales from St John’s Sandymount - Down & Dromore diocesan Bible Week - Pope Francis mourns death of Bishop Edward Daly - WCC Jerusalem vacancy - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 13
Archbishop welcomes Olympic sportspeople but criticises organisers - Irish Senator: Catholic Church should seriously consider permitting openly gay priests - Bishop Edward Daly passionate in his struggle against violence and injustice - Parish churches support East Belfast Arts Festival - Church of Scotland celebrated more than 4000 weddings in 2015 - Security to be tightened at Lourdes for feast of the Assumption - News briefs: Dublin, Larne, Belfast, Clogher - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 12
Mothers’ Union role in re-building Rwanda - Knock Novena 2016 on the theme ‘Merciful Like The Father’ - Freedoms to Share - Methodist Prayer Handbook 2016/2017 - Calcutta prepares to celebrate canonisation of Mother Teresa - Cathedral and choral news: Westminster, Armagh, Belfast - News briefs: Lambeg, New York, C of E - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 11
Freedom of London conferred on Dean of Derry - Vatican to issue new stamp for canonisation of Mother Teresa - Anglican mission agency’s fresh look at work in Ireland and globally - C of I Children’s Ministry training in three centres - News briefs: Down and Connor Diocesan Pilgrimage to World Youth Day Krakow 2016 - New Irish Arts album 10,000 Reasons to sing is now released - Carmelite nuns to stay in Syria: UN urges truce to enable humanitarian assistance in Aleppo - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 10
Tributes to Bishop Edward Daly of Derry - Police driver involved in crash with nuns in 'unbelievably difficult position' - News briefs: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Lisburn Institution: World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women: Music Coordinator vacancy: Decline of religion in Britain ‘comes to a halt’ - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 9
Female “Catholic bishop” holds service in Dublin - Mary McAleese to address Daniel O’Connell summer school - Australia suspends funding for World Vision after claims of channelling funds to Hamas - Castletownshend Festival of Church Music - Summer Music at Sandford - It is Stanford time again - Insight from Belfast Street Pastors - Two new Redemptorists at Clonard - Celebrating 150 years of St Joseph’s Carrickmacross - Eight apps to help your church - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 8
Help make an online Dublin parish history trail - C of I Overseas Mission Conferences - Foreign aid failing to reach Christians fleeing ISIS, Middle Eastern bishops say - Cathedral and choral: Taoiseach and ambassadors promote The Story of Love concert - Upcoming Cathedral and choral events - News briefs on coming conferences - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. CLICK HERE - CNI - AUGUST 6