Text of a Statement of Concern about the Sudan Situation by the Primates and Moderators of the Anglican Communion at their meeting in Alexandria, February 2009: 'Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.'(Romans 12.12)
Primates' Meeting Communique, February 5, 2009: 'Deeper Communion; Gracious Restraint'. The full text of the Letter from Alexandria to the Churches of the Anglican Communion, provided by the Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS). The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, attended the Primates' Meeting.
The Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor, pays tribute to the late Revd Roy Magee, OBE, a Presbyterian Minister from Belfast who helped broker the Loyalist ceasefires in the 1990s, and expresses his sympathy to his family circle.
The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh, and the Most Revd John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin, express their good wishes to Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk as he is announced as the new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Response of the Church of Ireland Working Group Responding to the Consultative Group on the Past's Report, issued today, 28th January 2009.
Images from the service held on Wednesday 21st January 2009 are provided.
The Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland and the Director of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute (CITI) today (22/1/09) announce the appointment of Ms Katie Heffelfinger to the post of Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Hermeneutics at the Institute. Ms Heffelfinger will take up her post from March 2009.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2009: Transcript of Sermon given by the Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh (21.1.09) and to be given in St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast (22.1.09).
Update from the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem on Al Ahli Hospital, Gaza City Jerusalem. report has been received dated Tuesday 20 January 2009 from the hospital in Gaza which has received emergency support via the Church of Ireland's Bishops' Appeal, World Aid Programme.
The Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson is to preach at services in two cathedrals to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh tonight (21st January) at 7.30pm and tomorrow (22nd January) at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Belfast at 8.00pm. Drawing on Ezekiel ch.37 v.9, Bishop Jackson will say that the contemporary ecumenical movement needs urgently to make a number of paradigm shifts. He will say that in Northern Ireland we need to become more community focused; must demand more creativity from our politicians; and use the current secular climate to examine and represent the strengths of the Christian faith.