Trinity College Dublin Chapel Choir in Venice; Laghey Church celebrates 175th anniversary; Summer Issue of Search; Pope says Irish Church 'shaken'
Expenses scandal helped shatter faith in ‘public service’ – Rowan Williams; OBE for Street Pastors founder; Yorkminster nave transformed into field of grass; Awards for church chair designs; Cowboys and swimmers among choristers touring UK; C of E "fit only for bigots and hypocrites"?
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New Cork school official opening; Passport to Family Learning; Six decades of devotion to most vulnerable children; This week; Priests’ group slams training college criticism; Church divisions on Irish College
Church Times: C of E paper on marriage is tendentious, poorly argued; Church Society Response to the Church of England Submission on Same-Sex Marriage; Women-bishops supporters might send Measure back; Archbishop warns of ‘majoritarian tyranny’ in elected House of Lords; Agenda for July 2012 General Synod
Not the C of E’s best effort surely? - The submission of the Church of England bishops to the UK government’s consultation on marriage has attracted a range and volume of criticism.
Leaders of Tomorrow Bursary; Photographic Portrait of the Archbishop of Armagh Exhibited; Saint Bartholomew’s Choir to Visit Killiskey; Irish pre-teens gang-raped in initiation rites; Abuse failure 'shameful' - Cardinal Brady
C of E should be disestablished; Disappointment at C of E’s leadership attack on same-sex marriage; Cathedral choirmaster sacked for 'canoodling' with woman in churchyard; Website targets Bible poverty in society and in the church
See World news this site - Church delegates to bring ethical perspectives to environment summit; Bishops support Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill; Gender commission begins its work; Christian groups in Nigeria threaten to retaliate after attacks
Dublin’s Eucharistic view of baptism and community -
The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, has the masterful ability to convey his thoughts in language which is economic and yet nuanced. That it is the result of a capable scholastic mindset is readily obvious.
Leader of world peace movement in Belfast; Catholic grammars 'top of league’;’'Irish grant' cut for NI students; £3.4m bid to boost child literacy; Pope's envoy apologizes to Irish victims of clerical sex abuse; Irish rugby team visits ruined Christchurch cathedral
C of E members backlash on bishops' response to same-sex marriage; Church in Wales and RC bishops responses; Anglican representative to Vatican retires; Religious education increasingly ‘marginalised’ in schools
St Patrick’s Chapter appointments; Connor Vision Strategy Processes; Ireland is becoming land of saints and secularists
Child abuse taking place in every ‘town, village and hamlet’ in England; Abp Carey - Gay marriage is a threat to the bonds of Church and state; More coverage of CofE statement on equal civil marriage
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Meeting the challenge of church finance; Eco–Congregation Ireland‘s inaugural conference; Irish College of Preachers’ Conference 2012
No 10 defends gay marriage plans; Downing Street receives petition supporting traditional marriage; Text of C of E Response to the Government Equalities Office Consultation -“Equal Civil Marriage”; Christian doctor slams GMC over disciplinary proceedings
Primus Chillingworth and the Episcopal Church's rejection of the Anglican Covenant in its present form
The Church of England has given its response to the Coalition government’s consultation on same-sex marriages. Gay marriage threatens the establishment of the Church of England and could lead to it being forced out of its role of conducting weddings on behalf of the state, it has claimed. The Church of England said introducing same-sex marriage would lead to an unprecedented clash between its own canon law - that marriage is between a man and a woman - and that of Parliament. The Home Office said religious bodies would not have to conduct gay marriages and that it was considering all views. Gay rights campaigners accused the Church of “scaremongering”.
Tributes were paid at the Eucharistic congress yesterday by Archbishop Martin to the role of the Church of Ireland and in particular the present and former Archbishops of Dublin
Curate who carried the Olympic Torch; Terror victims conference in Omagh; First female Methodist president; New scheme to support parents; Speak out over Provo medals, GAA is urged; Eucharistic congress
Majority of MSPs back gay marriage; Gay couple become first in Britain to hold civil partnership ceremony in a church; Religious education increasingly ‘marginalised’ in schools; NSPCC sees record neglect calls; Hay Festival 2012: Tom Hollander on Rev
During the course of his address to Cork Diocesan Synod on Saturday last, Bishop Paul Colton reflected on the vision he had presented at his enthronement in St Finbarre’s in 1999. He encouraged the church to engage with diversity and he addressed once more the issues surrounding civil partnerships - a debate which he said was heated in some parts of the church. Sketchbook today presents these two aspects from the Bishop’s address.
Archbishop of Dublin welcomes new Methodist President; Down Albany trip 2012; Movilla street party; Congress to open with celebration of heritage
Scottish Synod votes against adoption of the Anglican Covenant; Cardinal warns over teaching of gay marriage in schools; Street theatre evangelism’s £100,000 award by C of E
See Music this site - Cambridge College choir concert in Limerick; Visiting choirs at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; Bread of Life - new RSCM service book for schools and youth groups; Composers who put British music on the map; Choirmaster sacked for 'merciless bullying' of the singers
Summer 2012 Issue of SEARCH; Books That Changed The World – Exhibition Opens in Marsh’s Library; Down MU Indoor members service; CIMS Annual Outing; St Saviour’s celebrates 40 years; Dalkey win diocesan hockey; Archbishop’s tenure coincided with bitter split; Ageing orders have land and property worth billions of euro; The men and (few) women who shape Irish Catholicism
Occupy return to St Paul's on pilgrimage of protest; No deadline for adoption of Covenant; Thefts dampen cathedral Jubilee celebrations; Ordaining women bishops: safeguards and tangles; Most homosexuals indifferent to Cameron’s drive for gay marriage
See World news this site - Anglican Communion Weekly Review; Gay Danish couples win right to marry in church; Rocking Russian grannies to build church with prize winnings; Society must rediscover family – Pope; Vatican newspaper gives a voice to women for first time in 150 years
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin to mark Jubilee; Eco-friendly rectory for Cookstown; Cambridge College choir concert in Limerick; Former C of I graveyard provides new public space in Kilkenny; Police Officers 'saved landmark church’; The Priests to headline closing of Eucharistic Congress in front of 80,000; Dawkins 'intrigued' by church poll finding