The Church of Ireland, along with the Methodist Church in Ireland, has been developing a course of training for those who wish to offer themselves for service as an ordained local minister.
The Church of Ireland Ordination Newsletter for 2017 is now available. The Ordination Newsletter outlines contact details for Diocesan Directors of Ordinands, a listing of students at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute, and a listing of ordinations in this year.
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, once again welcomed Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, to the annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday (November 12).
Irish language services in November and December.
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, delivered his Presidential Synod Address on Saturday (4 November) at the 2017 Armagh Diocesan Synod in the Alexander Synod Hall, Church House, Armagh.
Yesterday evening (Thursday October 26) a historic agreement between the Anglican and Oriental–Orthodox Churches was signed in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The ‘Dublin Agreement’ is the result of two years’ work by the Anglican Oriental–Orthodox International Commission on an agreed text on the Holy Spirit that will be linked to the mission of the Church.
A major international two–day conference – ‘Reformation 500’ – organised by the Church of Ireland Historical Society and the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, took place on Friday, 20th October, and Saturday, 21st October, in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and the St Patrick’s Campus of Dublin City University at Drumcondra.
‘Reformation 500’, a major international two–day conference organised by the Church of Ireland Historical Society and the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, was formally opened jointly by Archbishop Michael Jackson and Bishop John Fleming at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin this afternoon.
The Anglican–Oriental Orthodox International Commission will meet in Dublin from October 23 to 28 for the first time since its foundation.
