Diocese of Clogher to take reflective look back at past 100 years - April’s edition of the Presbyterian Herald: out now - Connor young people gearing up for diocesan sports tournament - Belfast cathedral concerts this week - 93rd Annual Meeting of the Irish Council of Churches - Church’s Ministry of Healing Annual Service of Thanksgiving - IRC, Christian Aid and NGOs urge global leaders to commit to resettling at least 10% of Syria's refugees - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
We are a people of proclamation and covenant.The Ulster Covenant and the Easter Proclamation were crucial to the formation of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland. But the critical role of Christianity in Ireland means that proclamation and covenant play a deeper role in this island, writes Peter Lynas
1916: Sentimental hagiography should not dictate the future, Archbishop Jackson - 1916: Easter Rising a warning about partition, Primus Chillingworth - Portadown Methodist Circuit farewell - Professor Andrew Mayes to Deliver BACI Spring Lecture - C of I Historical Society’s spring conference - Urgent call for blood donations - “Enough is enough”, Pakistan Moderator laments bombing - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Bishop Donal McKeown speaking at the Holy Thursday Mass of Chrism in the Diocese of Derry
Dozens of Christian men, women and children slaughtered in Pakistan bomb blast - C of I bishop welcomes diversity of views of the Easter Rising - Mother Angelica stood in a great tradition of formidable nuns who got things done - New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities - News links
Imagine if correspondents in late 1944 had reported the Battle of the Bulge, but without explaining that it was a turning point in the second world war. Or what if finance reporters had told the story of the AIG meltdown in 2008 without adding that it raised questions about derivatives and sub-prime mortgages that could augur a vast financial implosion?, John L Allen Jr, writes in The Spectator.
Good Friday Walks of Witness - Commemoration should not just consist of looking back, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin - 1916 Centenary Commemorations today - Choral services and events - New praise centre for Anglican Igbo community in Dublin - Methodist Newsletter Easter Art competition results - Special Dublin and Glendalough synod to discuss changes in boundaries - Clerical appointment to grandfather’s parish - Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway comments on murder of muslim shopkeeper - Pope's Easter message condemns failure to help migrants - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave this ‘Thought for the Day’ on Radio 4's Today Programme on Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross.
Derry Church leaders lead Walk of Witness in city - Jesus of the Scars key to Holy Week events, Bishop Miller - Academic ‘rigour’ needed in religious education, Head of Belvedere - Parishes explore Cinnamon Network micro grants - Raphoe Bible-reading marathon ends on schedule - Irish cleric to be Hon Chaplain to the Queen - C of I Primary School Management Annual Conference - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly in C of I’s past - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
RTE television Good Friday broadcast - Holy Week “Impact” in Castlederg - Dublin nun honoured for work in East Africa - Belfast Methodist Church lecture on response to the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ - Precious Life online petition to stop eugenic discrimination of Down’s babies - Jo Bailey Wells, C of E priest with U.S. ties, appointed bishop of Dorking - Churches in Wales unite to safeguard children - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast cathedral invites prayers for Brussels - Brussels cathedral service an act of defiance of terrorism - Belgian bishops ‘anguished’ by Brussels bombings - President of Ireland signs Book of Condolences at Embassy of Belgium - Methodist President urges mourners of murdered prison officer's to reject 'dark deeds' - Young Macosquin Parishioners Buy a Cow for Butere - Sacred concert in Dublin fund raises for Gaza hospital - South Carolina Choirs’ Easter Monday concert in Derry Cathedral - Pope Francis to wash the feet of 12 refugees today - Release of He Is Risen! A C of E Just Pray Easter Film - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pray for Brussels at each Holy Week service, Archbishop of Canterbury - Holy Week and Easter message from the Archbishops of Armagh - 1916: C of I Archbishops encourage commitment to peace - Buncrana tragedy unites churches in Derry and Donegal - Refugee crisis continues: Church and Christian organisations call for concerted ambitious action - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
UK’s biggest Boys’ Brigade battalion parade in Belfast - Archbishop Eamon Martin pleads for information on the Disappeared - Rubicon exploring the interplay of 100 years of Irish culture, arts and faith - C of I programme for young adults celebrates third year - Bible-reading Marathon underway in Raphoe Cathedral - Good Friday Walks of Witness in Lisburn and Derry - Irish Pilgrim Paths Festival begins - Rector appointed to Holmpatrick Group - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
100 Days Magazine making the headlines - Moderator’s Easter Message:The Gospel of Grace that continues to transform - Church on Derry’s walls outreach to men event - C of I Good Friday worship - Cork mass marking 1916 Rising will pray for British dead - Organ scholars skills training - Largest virtual Hallelujah Chorus - Anglican Centre in Rome celebrates half a century of reconciliation ministry - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Historic Dublin Cathedrals’ Eve of St Patrick’s Day Evensong - Inter-church Blessing of the shamrock in Garvagh - The shamrock is to be preached not drowned, Bishop McKeown of Derry - Methodist home staff success in dementia care - Dublin and Glendalough welcome New Mothers’ Union Diocesan President - Stainer’s Crucifixion will aid Gaza hospital - Aspects of Dublin 1916, Unitarian Church series - C of E responds to UK Budget’s measures on cathedrals and schools - WCC supports new campaign against sexual abuse - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The Easter Rising was “profoundly wrong” and cannot be justified as a “just war”, Northern Ireland’s first Roman Catholic Attorney General has said.
Evangelism focus at Downpatrick celebrations - Archbishop Martin: Ireland 2016 faces many challenges like poverty, homelessness - Great care needed in coming to terms with history, Bishop Colton - Presbyterian pensioner missionary works to free men falsely accused of her shooting - Methodist Church President’s plea for dialogue after murder of prison officer - Apprentice Boys mark St Patrick's Day with parade - Proposals to reduce and resize C of I dioceses - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Keeping A St Patrick's Day Tradition Alive In Cyprus - Limerick priest to be new vice-rector of Irish College in Rome - Insight from Presbyterian church plant in Donabate - Wonder of Baptism Shines Out at Clontarf Come&C Service - Priory Singers anniversary concert tomorrow - Belfast Junior Girls’ Choir makes its Evensong debut - Dismay at news of NI prison officer’s death - Derry & Raphoe Diocesan Secretary retires - Church of England 'will change' after abuse report - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Archbishop Martin celebrates mass tonight with the sisters of Mother Teresa - Leading politicians and sportsmen write in diocesan St Patrick’s Day Centennial magazine - Church leaders’ condolences to prison officer’s family - Presbyterian community outreach in Dromara - Belvoir parishioner volunteer’s experience at refugee camp in Serbia - 58 years as organist in Knocknamuckley remembered - Holy Week and Easter music in Dublin - Glenstal Abbey Organ Improvisation Summer School - Welsh churches to mark Earth Hour - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Shamrocks on the Shankill tradition maintained - Ancient St Patrick’s stone gifted to Down Cathedral - Methodist Synod concern for vulnerable FASA clients - Preparation weekend for Limerick Catholic Synod - Dad's gambling robbed us of our family home and I fought depression, reveals Church of Ireland bishop - Methodist mission nurse on way to work in Ghana - Presbyterian mission outreach from Kilkenny - Moira parish team share South Sudan experiences - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Derry and Raphoe’s ‘Year of Opportunity 2016’ to focus on focus on mission, children and generosity - Trocaire photographic exhibition in Newry - Documentary on Irish nun’s education for girls in South Sudan - Bangor diocese visits Meath & Kildare - C of I Clerical installations - Moderator announces first "farming minister" during Ayr Presbytery visit - Thousands visit Edinburgh’s Royal chapel within days of re-opening - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Pugin & Ashlin’s Dublin Parish celebrates 150 years - Belfast clerics to visit partner parish in Santiago - East Belfast pupils take a religious and ethical look at the events of 1916 - Jesuit son of executed Rising leader to receive Dublin freedom in Hong Kong - Cork C of I schools to celebrate Proclamation Day - St Augustine’s member is Derry–Londonderry’s ”Woman of the Year" - Pope Francis approves new rules for financial oversight of saints' causes - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
The calendars of the state and of our schools, popular events and television programmes, are revolving around events marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising., writes Patrick Comerford…
New biography of Presbyterian leader who talked peace with IRA - Too ‘simplistic’ to connect dissident violence to 1916 - Catholic Bishops: 1916 centenary an opportunity to affirm hope for lasting peace and justice - Bishops hail ‘hugely significant’ Irish-language Missal - Moderator urges prayer for TDs - Downpatrick and Dublin events to mark the Feast of St Patrick - Unique Easter Walk returns to Belfast for one more year - Bishop Miller to be Trustee of Tearfund - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast man appointed Chief of Staff and strategy at Lambeth - Mural of St Patrick to replace paramilitary art in Loyalist South Belfast - Girl Guides urge new TDs to step up action for gender equality - Dublin Methodist Residential Home celebrates 250 years of caring - BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship from St Peter’s, Belfast - Children’s Ministry officer appointed for Derry and Raphoe Diocese - Commissioning of Dublin diocesan Mothers’ Union’s president - Gaelic football manager, Mickey Harte says Catholics too apologetic about their faith - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Canon David Porter, a Baptist from Belfast, has been appointed Chief of Staff by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This report of an address he gave to US Episcopalians gives and indication of his thinking and experience so far in the Church of England and Anglican Communion.
Mother Teresa’s canonization date expected on 15 March - 1,000 to attend Derry and Raphoe event in Letterkenny - New MU members at Mothering Sunday Service in Macosquin - St Patrick's Day at Downpatrick Methodist - Training in the Healing Ministry offered in Belfast - Archbishop of Canterbury gives backing to Ministry of Sport strategy - Draft programme for Anglican Consultative Council meeting published - Vatican statistics report increase in baptised Catholics worldwide - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Down C of I parish joins in Mission Week with Catholic neighbours - Parish Nursing introductory information session - Dominican Friars renew Belfast parish link in Lenten Mission of Mercy - Lurgan performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man - Belfast Central Mission welcome for Dining by Design for Dementia - Full house for ‘Beckett in Foxrock’ - ‘He Touched Me’ theme of Clogher Diocese Ministry of Healing event - Catholics urged to ‘Click to Pray’ with the Pope on their smartphones - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Belfast exhibition marks 150 years of Presbyterian help to children - New joint magazine to serve Catholic and C of I parishes - 1916: Maynooth Presbyterian focus on St Patrick’s Day - Unique heritage tour on Armagh Hill on St Patrick’s Day - Passion Walk planned through the streets of central Belfast - Samuel Beckett plaque unveiled at baptismal parish - Christian Aid opens first charity shop - News links to reports on faith, politics and education
Easter Day services to be held in Christ Church Cathedral - Church leaders condemn Belfast bomb - Dean of Connor and canons installed - Former C of I lay worker pleads guilty to indecent assault - Stainer’s Crucifixion on Good Friday in St Paul‘s Glenageary - Rival campaigns gear up to win over Christians in EU referendum battle - Mother Teresa nuns massacred by militants in Yemen - News links to reports on faith, politics and education