A review of media reports
A review of church news in the media this weekend - 9 reports at mid-day
A number of changes and appointments have been announced to the Chapters of Lisburn Cathedral, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, Down Cathedral and Dromore Cathedral
The High Court yesterday ruled that "The saying of prayers as part of the formal meeting of a Council is not lawful under s111 of the Local Government Act 1972, and there is no statutory power permitting the practice to continue". The judgement follows a Judicial Review initiated by the National Secular Society.
A new interactive web resource encouraging pupils to "play with liturgy" as part of collective worship and RE was launched at General Synod.
Giles Fraser writing in NewStatesman states : - The right-wing press loves George Carey for his outbursts against the “undeserving poor” and homosexuality, but the new core in the Church of England remains determined to fight the Tory cuts.
The Poverty Truth Commission has been a groundbreaking experiment in social policy thinking, based on the premise that people living at the harsh end of poverty should have a defining voice in seeking genuine solutions in public life and in governance.
The Church of Scotland’s Moderator has written to all 1,450 Kirk congregations asking them to raise at least £100 each to help a charity for homeless Scots, following the loss of Scottish Government backing.
The Church of England and Oriental Orthodox Churches have formalised their ecumenical relationship.
February 2012
The Rev Roy Patton will find real power in the Presbyterian Church rests with the General Assembly, says Alf McCreary in The Belfast Telegraph.
Desi Maxwell would love to share some of the insights from the Jewish context that have excited and enriched his ministry.
On Wednesday 9 May 2012, you may join over 2000 people filling the Belfast Waterfront from across Northern Ireland who want to see communities transformed.
The Right Revd Ken Clarke, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, has been appointed as the new full-time Mission Director of SAMS Ireland (South American Mission Society). He will take up the post later this year and continue as bishop of his diocese until the Autumn.
Church of Ireland primary schools are set to suffer disproportionately from Budget 2012 cuts in education, says the Rt Rev Trevor Williams, Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert.
Clergy from parishes across the diocese attended the launch of Connor’s Vision Strategy in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Wednesday.
The Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland launched its 2012 Lent Study in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on Wednesday (February 9).
Bishop Harold Miller will be in Baltimore from 10–16 February co–chairing the Fourth Meeting of AMICUM (The Anglican–Methodist International Commission on Unity in Mission).
An Advertising Standards Agency direction that a church website must not promote healing prayer has caused concerns in Northern Ireland, the News Letter reports
Cardinal Cormac Murphy, the retired archbishop of Westminster, this week visited St Columb’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Londonderry.
"It will affect in total 101 out of 175 schools in Co Donegal.” Two Donegal clergymen have said they fear the majority of Protestant schools in the county will be forced to close because of education cuts, BBC reports.
Gaeltacht and Church of Ireland schools across Galway and the west face closure if the Government’s plans for sweeping cuts and amalgamations come into force.
Incoming Presbyterian moderator the Rev Roy Patton has pledged to be a good neighbourly church leader reaching out in reconciliation, love and understanding in a way that reflects his Christian calling.
Launch of a 'A HISTORY OF ST PETER'S NS' Drogheda
The annual Theological Lectures at Queen's are on 20th & 21st February. Revd Dr Graham Tomlin is the lecturer.
Michael Harvey, Co–ordinator for Back to Church Sunday UK and Ireland, will be in Ireland 28 February – 2 March at the invitation of the Church of Ireland Council for Mission.
The four main groups representing evangelicals within the Church of Ireland have announced details of a major event to be held on Saturday April 21st 2012.
Anglicans opposed to the ordination of women bishops have been refused concessions they say would secure their place in the Church of England.
In the current edition of The Scribe, the Diocesan magazine for the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh, the bishop, The Rt Revd Ken Clarke, in the context of recent acts of violence and in particular the shocking death of 20–year–old Andrew Dolan at Christmas time, calls for restraint from violence and prayers for peace in society at large.
Summary of business conducted on Wednesday 8th February 2012 AM