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Archbishops welcome announcement of proposed ceasefire and release of hostages in the Middle East

Archbishop John McDowell and Archbishop Michael Jackson have welcomed the announcement of a proposed ceasefire and release of hostages in the current conflict in the Middle East.

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Introduction to Youth Mental Health

Invitation to Zoom event with CIYD (Monday, 20th January)

The Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) is running an online introduction to youth mental health next Monday, 20th January, from 7pm to 9pm, which will be delivered by Action Mental Health.

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‘The Longest Yarn’ exhibition crafts stories of wartime liberation in Enniskillen

From this week until Saturday, 8th February, St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, is honoured to be the only venue in Ireland hosting ‘The Longest Yarn’, a three–dimensional wool tapestry and touring exhibition telling the story of the 80 days between D–Day and the Liberation of Paris in the summer of 1944.

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Armagh Men’s Shed’s cathedral model to feature on ‘Your Place and Mine’

Saturday, 4th January 2025 (8.05am)

The six–foot long model of St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, lovingly created by members of the Armagh Men’s Shed group, will be featured this Saturday morning (4th January) on BBC Radio Ulster’s Your Place and Mine.

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Church Leaders’ 2025 New Year Message

‘We believe that our beginnings and our endings are in Jesus Christ. In faith we never journey alone, for He is our guide and the voice of truth and hope. May we all journey well in 2025.’

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A Christmas bedtime story

Willowfield Church, in the Diocese of Down and Dromore, has produced a very special bedtime story first shared on Christmas Eve, which can bring a smile to everyone this season.

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Christmas in Kildare concert on RTÉ

RTÉ broadcast a major new television and radio programme called ‘Christmas in Kildare’, from St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare, on Christmas Eve on RTÉ One and RTÉ Lyric FM.

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Dean Stephen Farrell features in ‘The Kilkenny Nativity’

St Luke’s account of the Christmas story has been told through the voices of the people of the city and county of Kilkenny, broadcast on RTÉ television this Christmas.

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Archbishops’ Christmas Message on RTÉ Player

This year’s Christmas message from the Archbishops of Armagh was filmed in Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and drew on the theme of the Christmas Star.

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‘Let us announce the way of the Prince of Peace’

Bishop Anthony Poggo, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, has released his Christmas message for 2024.

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