Archbishop of Canterbury to make history at Scotland’s General Assembly - Church of Scotland votes to allow gay marriages for ministers - Association of Catholic Priests urge Irish bishops to hold a national synod - Strong Irish link with India’s St Columba’s Hospital - Growing old religiously, a response to a report - Cathedral, choral and musical - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - MAY 23
Orange Order fills cathedrals to capacity for remembrance - Catholic college in Belfast hosts Orange Order seminar - PCI represented at General Assembly of United Mission to Nepal - Slovak nun, shot in South Sudan, dies in Nairobi hospital - ‘Out of the Mist’ art exhibition in Lurgan - Crisis confronts main churches : Irish Times comment - New bold tartan for Church of Scotland women - News briefs - Cathedral, choral and musical - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 24
Archbishop says Pope will visit Ireland in 2018 - Archbishop of Canterbury to make history at Scotland’s General Assembly - Scottish Episcopal Church to debate changes to marriage canon - Union College honours Ministers - Trocaire lecturer critical of Europe’s refusal to help refugees - Lay Leader of the Methodist church in Ireland steps down - US Methodists kick for touch on human sexuality - Cathedral, choral and musical - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 21
Developments in Presbyterian residential care homes in North West - New Zealand synod debates Irish model of Anglican and Methodist unity - Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers met in Dublin - Handling the Word - News briefs - Cathedral, choral and musical - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 20
Church of Ireland rector rescinds invitation to controversial anti-LGBT speaker - Statement by Changing Attitude Ireland.
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New Sligo Learning Centre opened for autistic students - Youth Night at the Assembly - Clontarf Parish Celebrates 150th Anniversary - Preaching for the Frontline - Church of Scotland ‘to introduce online baptism’ in bid to boost membership - News briefs - Cathedral, choral and musical - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 19
I’ll be praying for Northern Ireland to do a Leicester in the Euros, says Ulster born Dean of Leicester. Click here - CNI - Focus 19 May
Belfast parish award for Workplace Charter on Domestic Violence - Dublin Ecumenical Bible Week now in full swing - Open-air Psalms Service marks 350 years of Presbyterian worship in Garvagh - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - MAY 18
Reaping the benefits of talking - Toronto meeting promises to tackle tough issues. Click here - CNI - Focus May 18
A Soul for the Union? Faith-based perspectives on the EU Referendum - Northern Ireland’s top performing schools are Catholic - Methodist and C of I leaders urged to make ‘active,constitutional provision for Covenant partnerships - C of I expresses solidarity with persecuted Christians - Holy Spirit helps people live as brothers and sisters, says Pope - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 17
SDLP and Sinn Fein ‘alienating devout Catholics’ - Urban Saints’ overseas mission - NI Assembly election results endorse pro life ethos, claim - Sabina Higgins criticised over abortion comments - Last Methodist presidential letter from Rev Brian Anderson - Helping evangelical Christians to accept LGBT people as equals - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 16
Top US post for expert on C of I Prayer Book - Confirmation preparation resource launched at Synod - New African challenge for veteran Presbyterian missionary - ‘Legends of the Faith’ theme for C of I youth residential - Archbishop Clarke on task force on deep Anglican differences - Week of prayer for evangelism has “touched a chord” says Archbishop Welby - News briefs international - Burma’s cardinal: after decades of Calvary we are entering a season of hope - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 14
Armagh archbishops to lead youth to the Somme and Glasnevin -
Archbishop responds to ‘Long term church’ concerns - A more user-friendly Constitution and video-conferencing for the C of I - Generosity of spirit essential, Synod preacher - £100m shared school campus underway in Omagh - Gay marriages soon to take place on UK military bases - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 13
C of I General Synod begins today - Dublin Cathedral premiere of unique 1916 commemoration - Presbyterian Children's Society celebrates 150 years - Chinese bishop who resisted government pressure dies aged 90 - News briefs: Balmoral Show; Problems converting Methodist Church to a pub; flower festivals, exhibition of paintings, Christians in Science lecture, Connor Youth Sports Tournament - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 12
Ulster cleric re-opens seminary for the Arctic - Trócaire’s annual lecture will focus on migration - Dun Laoghaire service to celebrate churches working together in their community - New Chaplains at two Belfast hospitals - Ireland’s Scarlet Pimpernel priest of WW2 honoured in Vatican - Scouting returns to Derry city centre church - News briefs - Cathedral and choral - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 11
Dean of St Patrick’s elected - 30 parishes have hosted Ireland’s Climate Justice Candle - Waterside Presbyterian Church Londonderry celebrates 150 years of witness - Examining the dark net, grooming, radicalisation & other threats - 111 United Methodist Church clergy come out as gay ahead of US General Conference - News briefs - Cathedral and choral - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 10
Dublin’s third annual Ecumenical Bible Week - Bring Christian message of hope to those struggling, new Secretary of Irish Churches’ council - Derry schools and Churches project marks Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme - Director appeals for more support for music ministry - 1,500 attend Presbyterian Women’s annual meeting - News briefs, Cathedral and choral, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 9
Major plan to redraw C of I diocesan boundaries withdrawn - Jayne Ozanne to speak at Synod week Changing Attitudes seminar - Hopes raised for new post-primary Catholic schools - UK’s day of prayer for the media - Companion link sees US bishop take assisting role in Liverpool - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - 7 May
Catholics support Church of England Pentecost prayer initiative - Anglicans respond to Canadian town’s wildfire evacuation - Mission to Seafarers fundraising challenge to yacht enthusiasts - New Zealand synod debates “Way Forward” on same-sex relationships - Tribute to Lisburn Scout District Commissioner - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 6
Ballymena Presbytery launch farming pastoral leaflet - Social networks can lead to polarisation and division, Archbishop Eamon Martin - Isle of Man bishop votes against same-sex marriage law - Belfast choir girl sings at St Paul’s - New life for Derry’s Guildhall organ - Monkstown organ recitals - News briefs and vacancies - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 5
New C of I confirmation resource to be launched at General Synod - Archbishop Clarke at London service for 150 years of Reader Ministry - Presbyterian voters urged to approach election prayerfully - Dublin lecture ‘Beyond Blood Sacrifice and 1916’ - New Sports Mission Pack will help churches reach out this summer - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - Death of Catholic pacifist Fr Daniel Berrigan - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 4
Irish naval ship sails on migrants mission with 200 Teddy bears from Cork Mothers’ Union - Catholic church in Ireland to mark World Day of Social Communications - Holocaust Day remembered in Belfast - Presbyterian Church’s Mission Convener visits partners in Indonesia - Tuam project to provide ‘Maji kwa Maasai’,’water for Maasai’ - Sister Crockett a striking example of Derry womanhood - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 3
A memoir that touches my life, my Church and my country... visionary, courageous and inspirational, Steve Stockman writes. Click here - CNI - Book May 3
Major report on recent difficulties in Down and Dromore diocese published - Filling Station worship in Ballymoney - Irish clergy to staff Serbian Biblical training conferences - 500 Transition Year students at RDS faith gathering - New extension opened at C of I Rathdrum school - Prayers for gay and lesbian couples criticised by evangelicals - Census of 4,000 congregations across Scotland next Sunday - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - May 2
Over 1,000 expected at Presbyterian Women’s Annual Meeting - Archbishop Martin announces Year of Mercy Rosary Relay in Armagh Archdiocese - Cork young people focus on homelessness - Syrian refugees get warm welcome from Derry church leaders - Northern Ireland Pray for schools initiative - Papal Nuncio to open a Door of Mercy at Lough Derg Basilica - 15 nationalities celebrate new National School in Lucan - Cathedral and choral - News briefs - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 30
Catholic Church pair to walk 280km across Ireland for C of I church repair scheme - “This is the Day” theme for Presbyterian Women - “The Big Picture” theme of Down and Dromore Bible week - Church looks at homelessness in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland abortion law 'criminalises women' says Amnesty - Refurbished Chapel at Cork school dedicated - Archbishop welcomes Pope’s approval of beatification of Venerable John Sullivan - Funeral of Sister Clare Crockett to be on Monday - Tribute : David Hull lay Methodist preacher - News briefs - Cathedral and choral: Notre Dame choir concert - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 29
Catholic bishops identify issues for Northern Ireland elections - Irish Council of Churches appoints new General Secretary - Church leaders meet paramilitary panel - Irish Methodist minister to monitor in Israel - Pope paves the way for beatification of Jesuit Irish priest - C of I urged to adopt Anglican Communion Sunday - New York experience for winner of Northern Ireland International Organ Competition - Dunleath organ workshop key part of NI International organ competition - Variety in May’s Presbyterian Herald - Prayer for the EU referendum campaign - News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 28
Comments by the C of E Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes and Alexander Lucie-Smith, a Catholic priest, doctor of moral theology and consulting editor of The Catholic Herald. The former Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones, will provide a report to the British government detailing the experiences of the families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster. Click here - CNI - Focus April 28
Ecumenical launch of first Church Army Centre of Mission in the Irish Republic - Debut performance of Dublin City University's Gospel Choir - Redemptorists’ Jubilee Pilgrimage at St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast - First ‘Cradle Roll’ service in Christ Church Parish, Lisburn - Packed closing Mass for Scoil Carmel secondary, Limerick - Cathedral and choral, News briefs, News links to reports on faith, politics and education. Click here - CNI - April 27
One of my favourite quotations comes from Dr Martin Luther King, the great African-American civil rights leader, Arlene Foster writes. Click here - CNI - Focus April 27