Responding to Crisis in Syria; Rural parishes to build African school; Limerick place of worship for 1,600 years marked; Synod paves way for pulpit swaps
Boston's Irish community praise Kenny for standing up to Church; Martin wades into abortion debate; Top clerics divided on penalty for pro-choice Catholics; Conference in call to destroy stereotype of ‘poor’ Protestants; Teachers fear new special needs plans will be red-tape nightmare; Cork Charity urges end to homelessness; Stormont free speech move a threat to our universities: peer
Supreme Court decides Methodist ministers are office-holders; Next coronation to involve other faiths besides Christianity; Sacred spaces in the community
Today’s thought is by John Wesley
Martin Luther King's son inspired by peace rally; Masons parade to Cathedral; Clogher MU services; Carrigaline Pentecost festival; Offenders ‘pay back for their crimes’ with church spruce up
First woman moderator installed; Move to make pension scheme sustainable;Commission reports on same-sex relations; Irish Moderator to address Assembly
The church has failed to capitalise on its tally of advantages, and people are now cynical about the organisation - Andrew Brown writes in The Guardian
Today’s thought is by John Wesley
Today’s thought is by John Wesley
"You Can't Eat a Flag" - Church of Ireland Symposium ; Lord Mayor of Cork to Speak at St Anne’s, on IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia); Christians Against Poverty; MU Information Evening; Ebooks at The Good Book Shop; Rectory swimming champion
Dean of Westminster Abbey in U.S. for fundraising visits; Scottish Episcopalians discuss same-sex unions ; David Cameron rejects gay marriage criticism ; Video - 'Voters angry over gay marriage' - Philip Hammond
Today’s thought is by Alister McGrath
Throughout recent weeks past experiences of bishops kept invading my thoughts. For the greater part the memories were comforting and unavoidably challenging.
A Mission Fair ‘first’ for Movilla Abbey; Major Auction of Antiques and Fine Art for Conservation of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral; Former PMS chairman slams DETI silence on disqualification queries; Cleric slams Peter Robinson’s ‘wicked misuse’ of prophet’s name; Hundreds of jobs for new teachers; Unionist parties lock horns over shared education system vision; Northern Ireland has a choice about ‘what type of summer’ it wants; Higher unemployment among Catholics, figures show; 800,000 calls to Childline in 2012 – but 34 per cent unanswered; Derry organ damaged
Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim; Review option for civil partnerships; Maria Miller proposes review of civil partnerships; First woman Archdeacon of Southend
Today’s thought is by Alister McGrath
There are three main aspects of the current situation regarding the absolute debacle which has occurred over the appointment to the vacant see of Meath and Kildare which need examination.
10,000 people expected at anti-hunger rally in Belfast on the eve of the G8 summit; Book reveals if violence was for God or Ulster; Discovery Community Event; Concerts at Calary Church; New Manchester United manager David Moyes and 'the god squad'
Prayers and liturgical material for 60th anniversary of Coronation of The Queen; Church of England sex abuse investigation into Manchester Cathedral Dean; Barclays 'let down society' says Church of England
Today’s thought is by Alister McGrath
I was born not just into a family but into a community. I had the joy and challenges of being raised in one of the tight-knit rural Ulster mill villages which no longer exists, save for the names memorialised in cricket clubs.
Come and enjoy free Summer Lunchtimes in St Paul’s Glenageary; Masonic Charity Service at St Columb’s Cathedral; Children’s Ministry training events with Nick Harding; Irish priest being sued for alleged rape in USA; Irish columnist says Cardinal O'Malley broke a deal on Kenny commencement
Church school demand triggers middle class ‘rush to the font’; Archbishop: Everyone is called to be a disciple; Bishop Wallace Benn – all complaints and charges dismissed; Barclays let down society, says C of E
Today’s thought is by Alister McGrath
Glenageary Pentecostal Evensong; Clogher Pentecost service; 3,000 Presbyterian women commit; BBC NI's Catholic Church exposé beats Jimmy Savile documentary to BAFTA; Stormont free speech move a threat to our universities; Child poverty in Derry; Charity urges end to Cork homelessness
Belfast Newsletter - The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin the Rev Dr Michael Jackson has confirmed that a large majority of full-time staff and students at the Church of Ireland college of education in the Republic are drawn from the Roman Catholic community.
In a letter published in this week's Church Times, Kieron Wood, Senior Assistant Editor of The Sunday Business Post refutes allegations of ‘hostile publicity’ and ‘press interference’.
Erasmus writes on the Economist site - Matters of conscience
Today’s thought is by Alister McGrath
Bishop of Swaziland To Visit Limerick; Day of prayer for the renewal and revival of the faith; Crosslinks anniversary; Collapsed PMS chiefs ‘won’t act as company directors’, court hears; Fraud priest gets suspended sentence; US cardinal shuns Irish PM