The memory of the Troubles is a present–day reality for many members of the Church of Ireland, often acutely felt even decades after the loss of loved ones.
Bishops’ Appeal, the Church of Ireland’s world aid and development programme, is asking all parishes to remember the Middle East in prayer this Advent Sunday (1st December) and, following this morning’s ceasefire, to continue to pray for an end to all violence and destruction.
The Porvoo Declaration commits the Churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo Churches and their dioceses.
Bishop Michael Burrows, as Chair of the Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, has encouraged parishes to consider celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, to take place in January, with resources prepared by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
The Church and Society Commission of the Church of Ireland has produced a resource for members of the Church regarding the sensitive issues that arise in relation to the end of human life.
As Christmas comes closer, many more people in Ireland than was the case last year are living without a roof or a home or are at risk of losing their own place of comfort, warmth and safety.
Sunday and Weekday Readings 2025, published by Church of Ireland Publishing, is now available to assist clergy and lay readers in preparing for and leading worship services.
The Standing Committee of the General Synod met in an online format on Tuesday, 19th November 2024.
The Church of Ireland’s Council for Mission has congratulated Misean Cara, the membership organisation of 77 Irish missionary organisations, on its twentieth anniversary.
Bishop Anthony Ball take over the leadership of the Centre when Archbishop Ian Ernest steps down at the end of January 2025.
