An experienced parish church organist has been appointed to a leading church music rôle in Ireland. Mark Bowyer, who is based in Dublin, has been appointed as the Royal School of Church Music’s (RSCM) Coordinator for Ireland.
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Belfast born Fr John Gribben, a Church of Ireland clergyman, who is a member of the Community of the Resurrection is heading the effort to refurbish the Community’s chapel at Mirfield in Yorkshire. And his brother George is helping him.
The Rev. Ian Henderson, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland is a delegate to the World Methodist Conference currently being held in Durban, South Africa. This is the 20th World gathering and will bring representatives from 132 countries.
The British public has contributed £42 million to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for more than 10 million people in East Africa in desperate need of humanitarian aid because of severe drought.
Church of Ireland member, David Norris, the first openly gay candidate for the presidency of Ireland, has abandoned his campaign.
One of the considerable responsibilities which the Church of Ireland has inherited from its former status as the established church is the care and custody of a large number of historic church buildings.
Thousands of people who lost access to money they had saved with the Presbyterian Mutual Society (PMS) have received cheques in the post on this week.
The Bishop of Bristol has criticised the UK Government’s lack of interest in the “wholesale slaughter” taking place in Syria.
In the wake of the sex abuse scandals, an anti-Vatican mood is sweeping the land, writes Mary Kenny in The Daily Telegraph.
Irish senator David Norris has vowed to continue his presidential campaign despite admitting his chances of being nominated are "slim".
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral will be hosting a number of events during Heritage Week which takes place from 22 – 27 August. All events are free.
The departure of Dean Trevor Lester from Waterford to minister in West Cork, prompted these insights from the Bishop of Cashel.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams, has called for Anglicans to both donate to agencies attempting to help the victims of drought in the Horn of Africa and to "call upon their own governments to respond to the U.N. appeals -- to respond immediately and generously."
There have been many reports of the row between the Irish Government and the Vatican, which has been so severe that yesterday the Catholic Herald published an article titled - Debate: Is there any hope for Catholic Ireland?
Church News Ireland presents this review of the major news sources, accounts and analyses of the past week, with links to the original articles.
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Parishes in Derry and Raphoe are being offered £1000 Gifts for Growth by the Diocesan Council to develop imaginative initiatives in the parish or the community.
The Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin and the Bishop of Down and Dromore have paid tribute to the life and witness of Rev. John Stott. See also earlier report and tribute on this site.
The Rev John Stott, who helped lead a resurgence of evangelicalism in Britain, has died at the age of 90.
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The C of I correspondent to the Irish Times in his latest column writes:
Standing Committee of the General Synod recently appointed a small group to consider how the Church of Ireland might respond to the impending decade of anniversaries from 2012 to 2022.
The Rev Stephen McElhinney, curate of Drumglass Parish, Dungannon, has been appointed priest in charge of St Columba’s, Derryvolgie.
Thousands of women producing clothes for UK brands are working 14 hours a day for poverty pay in Bangladesh.
Anglicans in Norway are responding with prayer and support to their neighbours in the wake of a bombing in downtown Oslo and a related summer camp shooting rampage on the nearby island of Utoya on July 22.
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Archbishop of Dublin and the Bishop-elect of Clogher have sent a letter of sympathy to Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Norway, following the tragic events in Norway on Friday past. See also reports in Word News on this site.
The Vatican recalled its ambassador to Ireland yesterday, citing reaction to a recent Irish government report that said the Vatican had discouraged efforts by bishops to report cases of sex abuse to the police.
This perspective was printed in yesterday’s Belfast-published Newsletter. Canon Ian Ellis, Editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette was amongst those quoted by Sam McBride who examines the growing rift between church and state
One of Northern Ireland's best-known evangelists has suffered a serious heart attack, Alf McCreary reported in yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph
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The Rt Rev David Hamid, the Church of England's suffragan Bishop in Europe, has sent a message of solidarity and prayers to colleagues in Norway after the recent terror attacks. For additional reports on Norway - see Worldwide area on this site.