The annual seminar, which is held under the auspices of the Church of Ireland journal, Search, took place on Saturday, 5 April, 2003 in the Church of Ireland Theological College, Braemor Park, Dublin.

Search, which is directed by an editorial committee under the chairmanship of the Revd Dr John Bartlett and edited by the Dean of Killaloe, Dr Stephen White, appears three times each year. It focuses on matters of theology, education and history and its annual seminar seeks to provoke and promote new thinking on major issues confronting the church.

The conference organizers, the Revd Patrick Comerford, of CMS Ireland, and Dr Andrew Pierce from the Irish School of Ecumenics, chose a topic which would have been relevant at any time but, in the light of recent events, has become even more so - 'War and Morality: the Church and Foreign Policy in the Present Crisis'.

The principal speakers were Dr Bill McSweeny, Research Fellow in the Irish School of Ecumenics, Dr Ian Iain Atack, Lecturer in International Peace Studies, and Dr Linda Hogan, Lecturer in Peace Studies and Human Rights, both of whom teach in ISE and Trinity, and Mr Paul Gillespie of The Irish Times.

For more information contact Revd Patrick Comerford, Tel: 01-497 0931, Email:Patrick Comerford or Dr Andrew Pierce, Tel: 01-260-1144