See Music this site - Choir prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary; Vacancy for organist; Christus; Songs in the key of love
Bishop Alan Wilson has done it again. Late last month he checked in with a piece called "How to Change Your Vicar", an insightful meditation on priest-parish conflict.
Tax justice bus tour continues across Britain and Ireland; European Heritage Weekend; Choir prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary; Why Alliance backs gay marriage; Unionists stung by criticism into fresh debate on parades
Godbaby - the must-have Gift this Christmas; Back to school - with two new Eucharistic Prayers for children; Online Safety – Let’s Put Children First - Archbishop; How can it be a hate crime to show your faith in Christ? - Lord Carey
Diocesan Service for Schools; Parish appointment; Online Archive; Organist vacancy; Royal Black Institution in contact with priest over trouble at parade
Scottish Church concerns over gay marriage ignored; European Court to hear UK religious discrimination cases; Church of England Podcast - Sunday Trading; Tutu, Blair and Iraq; Warrant issued for priest; Pakistani Imam arrested
See World news this site - Building for mission in New Zealand; Lutheran federation to assist Syrian refugees in Jordan
New Chief Officer for RCB; Belfast lecture; Diocesan tour; Great Famine; Institution; Lay Ministers and Readers commissioned;
Creationism’s political support
Tutu calls for Blair and Bush to be tried ; Human rights ‘agenda’ is new totalitarianism, bishop warns judges
Service For Those Who Have Cancer; Bishop’s Bible Week Talks; Loyalist band 'would welcome talks with Carrick Hill residents’; Church leaders slam 'sectarian' bandsmen
Bishop John Gladwin and The Revd Chancellor Rupert Bursell QC have published a damning interim report on their visitation in relation to safeguarding in the Diocese of Chichester.
See reports @ World news this site : Anglican Alliance's Philippines Appeal ; Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after Mombasa riots; Local Anglican agency in Ghana delivers aid after heavy rains and flooding; Canadian church pledges post-Isaac help for Haiti; WCC statement invokes new understanding of mission
Yesterday, at long last but very welcome, there was public comment from church leaders concerning the contentious and unacceptable behaviour during two parades which occurred outside St Patrick’s Roman Catholic church in Belfast’s Donegall Street where a new flashpoint has developed this summer.
Church leaders criticise bands; Parade violence: Sort out this mess, demand officers caught in the middle; Call to reroute parade; Limerick diocese help for mining victims; Bishop of Connor - ‘Thought for the Day’; Event remembers the Disappeared; 2,000 apply for just 160 teacher training places; Alarming gap in literacy at Northern Ireland schools widens further
Armagh Lay Canon installed; Belfast Series on Economic issues; Dublin Sikh memorial service; Hospital Fete; Carving out church restoration niche; Poor Clare Sisters quit monastery
Archbishop sees challenges of communities without sanitation; Tough employment outlook faces young people; Tutu’s stance on Blair; Campaign for a change in law on assisted dying; The ban on euthanasia is to protect us from ourselves
Clogher Famine Service; Drumcree - unlikely setting for a republican love story; Lobbying on abortion - Irish Times leader; Marriage Equality speaks out against Cardinal Brady comments; Ombudsman: Children’s rights referendum won’t bring “radical change”; Lack of practical arrangements increase stress for Alzheimer’s carers; Medieval church deterioration accelerated by ivy – and Ireland’s bad weather
More wisdom from Bishop Alan Wilson. He reflects on what really might be going on when someone asks the Bishop of Buckingham to sack the local vicar.
New deacon follows in the family footsteps; Some Places Still Available for Dublin’s Second Diocesan Growth Forum; Bishop slams band over march past church; 'Widespread uncertainty' over protection of neglected Irish children; Recession leads to surge in mental health issues in Irish children; Church warned against campaigning on abortion; Fine Gael TDs willing to listen to church on abortion
Bishop and Priest with motor neurone disease support High Court ruling on Tony Nicklinson case; Cardinal: disestablishment would benefit the Church of England; Jesus Christ may have suffered from mental problems; Scottish Catholic priests’ letter condemns gay marriage; Scottish Catholic attack on same-sex marriage 'may backfire’; Church invites pro-gay Catholics to join service
If you don’t have a sense of humour, read no farther! An Episcopal site in the USA has been keeping an eye on the Canterbury stakes and the following is based on its research.
Dublin Junior Leader Training Dates Announced; Heritage week continues; Institutions and ordinations; Vacancy for a Parish Administrator, Belfast; Cardinal warns of battle over plan to change abortion law; Bad law’ risks in abortion rape row; DUP's Jim Wells: Abortion should be ruled out for rape victims; DUP's Jim Wells: Abortion should be ruled out for rape victims; Editor's Viewpoint: Our dream of a tolerant society still a long way off; Seven police officers injured in Belfast parade disturbances
See World news this site - Haitians, Dominicans brace for Isaac; Russian and Polish churches sign new agreement; Some Israeli Parents Rethink Ritual Circumcision; With A Girl Jailed, Pakistan Law Again Under Scrutiny; Indian Ocean Province re-elects Primate
CITC appointment; International Anglican Women; Catholic church preparing for priestless parishes; Dean Swift figures in Edinburgh Festival; One-in-three Irish farmers don’t share their problems; MMR vaccine rate at all time high
Women bishops: a lot of ground for the Synod to make up; Paralympians to celebrate Games in St Paul’s; The spirit of the Olympics; Invite to night prayer with the Archbishop of York
Children’s Ministry Certificate Course; Parish Auction; Commissioning of Readers; Faith healer saddened after being refused UK visa; Papal nuncio presents vision for future of Irish Catholicism; Barnardos and PSNI team up on new initiative to tackle child exploitation; 91 new classes for children with special needs announced
Gay couples 'won't dilute or spoil marriage but potentially enrich it', says C of E bishop; Peace is Christianity's big secret, church told; Peace to be central to Greenbelt's 2012 'Saving Paradise' theme; Christians disagree over Dawkins book event invitation; Bishop of Salisbury to become a Vice-President of RSCM; Politicians should ’sustain rather than subvert marriage’
See Music this site - Bishop of Salisbury to become a Vice-President of RSCM; Paul Wilbur planning album in English and Spanish; Benjamin Dunn and the Animal Orchestra are heading to Europe
Periodic financial crises seem to have existed since the earliest of civilisations.
Call for C of I financial task force; Deaconess married to killer rapist is on leave; 'Violent' preacher refused visa ahead of Portadown talk; Forget Fifty Shades of Grey ... try reading Bible instead; Age Action is latest charity to ask staff for unpaid leave