AT its annual conference in April, Labour will debate probably the most obnoxious proposal to come before any party in a long time. It is contained in a document that is a swingeing attack on denominational schools.
As part of his UK and Northern Ireland tour Professor, Norman Finkelstein will be giving a debate style lecture at the Queens University Belfast in the Medical Biology Centre tonight.
Parishes in the Diocese of Dromore have been invited to share in and contribute to the worship life of their cathedral. This year the Cathedral Sunday service is at 6.00 pm on Sunday 26th February 2012.
The secretary of the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), Edward Mason, said this week that there was a “systemic problem” of excessive pay for company executives.
Continuing its ‘Archive of the Month’ initiative, the RCB Library will showcase a rare collection of images from Bihar in north India dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries for February 2012.
Student protests and the debate around Higher Education funding have prompted this year's Education Sunday theme - learning and serving - which issued a strong challenge about responsibility to others.
Barnabas Fund last week launched a petition as part of our 2012 Proclaim Freedom campaign, which seeks to put pressure on governments to take resolute action on behalf of persecuted Christians around the world.
Questions of dialogue and evangelism will be discussed at a half–day seminar on Inter Faith issues to be held in Edgehill College, Belfast, on Friday 2 March.
The keys to the new See House at Cathedral Close, Armagh, were handed over to the Archbishop of Armagh on the 2nd February 2011.
The secretary of the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), Edward Mason, said this week that there was a “systemic problem” of excessive pay for company executives.
The February issue of Close News is now available online
A verger accused of groping a woman in a cathedral spoke today of his shock at the allegation, telling a jury he had "no wish to touch her breasts".
Alex Preston's new novel takes a swing at the evangelical Alpha male. He tells Danuta Kean what led him to it
Dr Giles Fraser, the self-appointed National Spokesman for Right-on Christians, has dismissed Lord Carey as a Thatcherite "yesterday's man" and "a one-man band" for supporting the Government's welfare reforms. It's an unpleasant attack – another one carried by the New Statesman.
Before Christmas 21 parishioners from St Columba’s Parish Church, Doury Road,
The proceeds of the 2011 Black Santa sit–out will be distributed to 205 charities at the annual Good Samaritans’ Service in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday February 5.
Deputy Charlie McConalogue has warned that rural, Church of Ireland and Gaeltacht schools in Co Donegal will be badly hit by severe cuts from September.
Irish politicians are to consider proposals to that senior civil servants dealing with the Roman Catholic Church should be ‘screened’ to ensure they are not friendly to the church.
A series of lunchtime lectures in association with the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral entitled ‘Restorations of Christ Church’ will run throughout February.
A Commissioning Service will take place in Christ Church, Lisburn, on Sunday February 5 for a team heading off to Luwero, Uganda.
The foreword to Changing Attitude Ireland's publication and comment in Christianity Today are posted in today's blog on this site.
New Pupil-teacher ratios are also likely to have an effect on small Church of Ireland schools around the diocese.
- The Archbishop of Dublin speaking at the opening of the Exhibition of the Restoration of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin by GE Street on January 27th 2012
The Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon, preaching earlier this month in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral on the topic of the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer, described it as an "iconic" Prayer Book that had shaped Anglican worship and teaching since 1662.
The BBC Northern Ireland topical debate programme, 'Spotlight Special' is back on Tuesday 21st February Presented by Mark Carruthers, the programme could be your chance to put a question or comment to a panel of politicians, on issues affecting our day to day lives.
The Revd Dr Lesley Crawley, Moderator of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition, has announced the appointment of Oxford University Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, DD, as a Patron of the Coalition.
There is a clear feeling that the debate around our public services is so fundamental that it cannot be left just to politicians and those who run the services. Enter the church
David Brindle writing in The Guardian yesterday states:
The protesters about to be removed from the steps of St Paul's could have helped the cathedral find a compelling new narrative writes Giles Fraser in The Guardian
The Church of Ireland has approved an official liturgy for services this year to mark the centenary of the Ulster Covenant.
A special prayer has been released to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year. The Rev Christopher Woods, a former curate of St Mark’s, Dundela, comments.