The Church of Ireland’s Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue commends a range of resources and events prepared by Christians Together in Britain and Ireland as this autumn continues.
The Church of Ireland’s Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell, has offered his congratulations to Bishop Sarah Groves and the Moravian community in Ireland following the announcement that Gracehill has been recognised as a World Heritage Site.
Highlighting key activities and memorable moments from 2023, the Conference of Europen Churches’ Annual Report entitled ‘Shaping the Future: Pathways to Peace’ is now published and available online.
Students from members churches of the World Council of Churches, including the Church of Ireland, are invited to apply for courses at Ecumenical Institute, in Bossey, Switzerland.
European countries must find a way to respond with humanity to migrants, the Revd Bonnie Evans–Hills told a gathering in Dublin on Saturday May 25. Speaking at an event organised by the Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group and Places of Sanctuary (faith stream), she said that there is a huge movement of people across the globe but we are all connected – “they are us” was her theme.
An updated edition of the Church of Ireland’s ‘Guidelines for Interfaith Events and Dialogue’ is now available for clergy, and other leaders in dioceses and parishes, to consult when considering how best to approach relationships with people who follow other world religions.
While the weather overhead told a different story, an abundance of warmth (and hospitality) greeted everyone taking part in a special service on Monday (18th March) to celebrate a new relationship between the Church of Ireland and the Moravian Church in Britain and Ireland.
In recent years, the Church of Ireland and the Moravian Church in Britain and Ireland have been developing a closer formal relationship which will allow for clergy from both denominations to serve in either.
A fresh edition of the Directory of Anglican, Porvoo, Ecumenical and Inter–faith links has been published by the Church of Ireland’s Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, as guide which seeks to summarise the scale of work carried out in this area of the Church’s ministry.
‘Hate can unite bad forces – it is important to be anti–hate.’ This was one of the many messages to emerge during the discussion at an interfaith gathering in the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College Dublin on Saturday, May 20.
