Recently, Revd Lynne Gibson bseiled down the side of the Europa hotel in Belfast, to raising over £1,5K for Fields of Life, a charity with which she went to Uganda in 2007.
The Revd Craig Cooney, curate-assistant of Shankill Parish in Lurgan (Diocese of Dromore), has been appointed new Minister-in-Charge of CORE at St Catherine's Church, Thomas Street, Dublin. His institution will take place in September.
The Mothers’ Union has welcomed the recommendations made in the Bailey
In response to a review headed by Reg Bailey of the Mothers’ Union, David Cameron will announce today that toy, food, drinks, clothing and electronics companies will no longer be allowed to pay children to promote their products at school or on social networking websites.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s engagements this week include Theological Education Day, The Annual Lambeth Inter-Faith Lecture and a Christian- Muslim Youth conference on fair trade.
There has been extensive press comment following aleations that the C of E nominations system had discriminated against gay clergy in episcopal appointments. Extracts from and links to The Guardian and Church Times follow.
The new Presbyterian Moderator, Rev Dr Ivan Patterson, will be installed following the opening of the church's General Assembly in Belfast today.
The Queen and President McAleese have set an example for all to follow, Dr Norman Hamilton, the outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church says. He warned that sectarianism continued to be a major challenge.
West Glendalough Childrens' Festival, Dean of St Patrick’s Gift Day, Education programme at St Patrick’s, Moderator reads Bible, Support for New Zealand Cathedral, Day of Prayer and Teaching for Revival
A leading international expert on child protection warned that the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland is at “tipping point” and appealed for bishops and religious superiors to fully cooperate with the church’s own watchdog.
The ‘non-religious’ are the largest group in the Republic after Roman Catholics, according to the last census, and there is further fall out as atheists hold their World Wide Convention in the state for the first time.
The Royal School of Church Music is searching for a part-time staff member to co-ordinate its activities in Ireland.
Ordinations are a feature of this coming week.
Ms Lydia Monds has been appointed Education Officer to the Bishops’ Appeal. She will take up her post in July.
The Dean of Down is facing mounting pressure over allegations of a “calculated insult” to the memory of murdered UDR soldiers, according to a Belfast newspaper.
The death of the Rev Canon JRB (Dick) McDonald took place on Monday May 30. He was 94.
The recital by Professor Ian Tracey will follow a Choral Festal Evensong in St Patrick’s Church on Sunday 12th June
The Royal School of Church Music (Republic of Ireland) committee's forthcoming 'Come and Sing' event will be held on Saturday, 11 June in Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, commencing at 2.00pm.
Willowfield Parish Community Association and Willowfield Parish are seeking a team of people committed to a year of service, training and discipleship.
In both England and Scotland debate is ongoing regarding payment of clergy.
Revd Chris Bennett, C of I Chaplain to The Titanic Quarter, led a service yesterday in Belfast marking the 100th anniversary of the launch of the ill-fated liner.
The Open Hands community group set up by the former committee of St Luke’s Parish Church, Belfast, has unveiled an anti-racism mural completed by young adults beside the ‘peaceline’ between the protestant Shankill area and the Roman Catholic Falls area.
The Church of Scotland General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh last week, has received guidelines produced for members on dealing with the effects of suicide among young men.
A parish priest has blamed paedophile clerics and how they were handled by the church authorities for doing more damage than secularism to the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has revealed that fewer than one in five Catholics attend mass in his diocese on any given Sunday.
An exciting new platform for young organists is being created at the Charles Wood Summer School in Armagh this August
The Evangelical Alliance in its most recent newsletter has stated that pushing a pro-family agenda has been a key part of the Evangelical Alliance’s policy work, and it outlines steps the Executive should take in motivating and supporting the same.
The Roman Catholic church doesn't help itself by encouraging the idea that the laity and the priestly caste are separate and different, Catherine Pepinster is editor of Roman Catholic weekly The Tablet wrote in The Guardian on May 27.