On Monday 12 December, the leaders of the four largest Irish Churches will travel together to London to express their 'grave concern' over the impact of proposed welfare reforms on the most vulnerable in Northern Ireland.
A seminar on Copyright licensing was held for Rectors, church members who deal with copyright issues and Diocesan Secretaries in Northern Ireland yesterday, Thursday 1 December 2011.
CIMS held its Annual Service in Ballymore Parish on Advent Sunday, 27 November 2011. The transcript of the address by The Most Revd Alan Harper is provided. He said: ’A ministry of compassion and a striving for fairness and kindness is a daily and sustained requirement of all of us.’
Canon Paul Willoughby, the Church of Ireland Rector of Kilmocomogue Union of Parishes, covering Bantry, Durrus and Castletownbere, has recently produced a booklet called ‘Presence and Presents. The real meaning of Christmas’.
The week of 20-26 November 2011 is designated as ‘Prisons Week 2011’ – a week of prayer for all those affected by prison life.
'The God Slot' on RTE Radio One this evening, Friday 18 November 2011, will include an interview with Church of Ireland cleric the Revd Stanley Gamble (author of A Time to Dance) as part of ongoing celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, attended the Remembrance Sunday Evensong at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin on Sunday 13th November.
Transcript of the address given by The Most Revd Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh, at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh on Sunday 13 November 2011
The Very Revd John Mann, Dean of St Anne's Cathedral Belfast, has launched the Nativity-themed Christmas stamps in Northern Ireland.