New bishop to be ordained at York Minster

A new Yorkshire bishop will be ordained at a special York Minster service next month.

Welsh churches offer emergency accommodation

The Welsh Evangelical Alliance has praised a new church initiative to provide emergency housing in Swansea.

CNI Daily Summary 11th January am

Overview of today’s news and interests.

Death of Mrs Esme Macourt

Esme Macourt, the wife of The Venerable Billy Macourt, former Archdeacon of Down, died in hospital on Sunday night.

Gay activist backs Christian free speech

The man whose landmark legal challenge forced the UK to decriminalise homosexuality in Northern Ireland three decades ago has voiced his concerns over gay rights.

Publication on current issue of concern

A book “Moving Forward Together: Homosexuality and the Church of Ireland” co-edited by Canon Ginnie Kennerley and Dr Richard O’Leary is being published to assist the mutual listening and discussion in preparation for the Church of Ireland’s special conference on sexuality in March 2012.

Mission to Seafarers’ new-look web site

The MtS has a new-look, fresher, brighter website – and they wish to have feedback on it.

Coptic memorial service marks anniversary of church bombings in Egypt

Personal message from the Archbishop of Canterbury

Norfolk course shows new ways to do mission

A mission-shaped ministry course running in Norfolk over the last year has helped people to share their faith with those who are not yet part of any church. Here some of the participants share their experiences.

CNI Daily Summary 10th January am

Your rapid overview of today’s news and interests.

The Dean of St Patrick’s writes…

In the January issue of “Close News”, The National Cathedral’s magazine, the Dean comments on his forthcoming retirement

C of I laywoman appointed Adviser to President of Ireland

Justice Catherine McGuinness has been appointed to be an Adviser to President and to sit on the Council of State. She is one of seven people to be appointed by President Michael D Higgins. This is the second occasion on which she has been so appointed.

Down and Dromore appointments

Two rectors have been appointed

No bishop to carry out duties in Derry RC Diocese

It is thought to be the first time the diocese is without a bishop in its history.

Re:Ignite 2012 – Be the Change

The Evangelical Alliance event is  on Saturday 4th February. It aims to explore how faith, prayer and lifestyle can bring change locally and globally.

Archbishop Carey’s contribution to biography of The Queen

A new biography of the Queen reveals for the first time her despair over the divorce of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and claims that the Queen’s state funeral will be from St Paul’s not Westminster Abbey.

Sixth former Anglican Bishop received into the Catholic Church

Anglican monk and bishop, Robert Mercer, has been received into the full communion of the Catholic Church by Monsignor Keith Newton through the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Trad Fest at Christ Church Cathedral, Dubin 

The Templebar Trad Fest will take place from the 25th to the 29th  January. Christ Church  will play host to four high-profile concerts including The Dubliners' 50th anniversary concert as well as a number of free events.

CNI Daily Summary 9th January am

Todays headline summary

Archbishops meet protesting prisoners

The visit by Cardinal Sean Brady and Church of Ireland Archbishop Alan Harper was unannounced, but details have emerged from the prison.

Irish partnership in Congo

CMS Ireland’s Partnership Coordinator for North and Central Africa, David Gough, recently visited the Society’s Global Partners in the Dioceses of Bukavu, Kindu and North Kivu in DR Congo.

Healing programme for trauma

The Wider Circle is running a new series of Steps to Healing programmes starting in January 2012.

Kingdom Women 2012

A morning for women will be held  In Willowfield Church, Belfast, on 18 Feb.

Falconer report on euthanasia ‘biased and flawed’

“Care Not Killing” is extremely critical.

CNI Daily Summary 7th January am

Your rapid overview of today’s news and interests.

Dublin’s Black Santa Appeal raises record sum

This year’s Black Santa Appeal has yielded a record breaking sum. The 10th annual appeal, organised by St Ann’s Church on Dawson Street, Dublin, has raised an amazing €34,000. This figure far surpasses all other collections over the last decade, which included the peak boom years.

NI link to second group appointed to advise C of E on sexuality

There is a Northern Ireland link with the second of two groups to re-examine the Church of England’s stance on sexuality.

50th International Eucharistic Congress

The largest Christian event in Ireland this year will be The 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin next June.

Connor parish involved in Linenhall KJV lecture

The Church of the Good Shepherd, Monkstown, participated in the KJV400 anniversary lecture and Bible readings at the Linenhall Library, Belfast. 



Dublin BB Steadfast Association Service

Friends of the Boys’ Brigade are cordially invited to the Chapel of the Mageough Home, Cowper Road, Dublin, on Sunday 8 January 2011 afternoon at 3.30pm.