Press Releases
Response to the appointment of the Victims' Commission
“The Interim Victims’ Commission, regardless of how it has been appointed is long overdue and should be welcomed by all.
“The Interim Victims’ Commission, regardless of how it has been appointed is long overdue and should be welcomed by all.
Statement by the Right Reverend Dr Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher and member of the Church of Ireland Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, on the death of Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and all Greece.
The Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) is pleased to announce the launch of the JUMP Programme, a new Year Out experience for young adults who are interested in working in a church environment for one year, providing a ‘JUMP start’ to the youth work in that place.
Politicians and church leaders will tomorrow, Saturday 19 January 2008, tackle the issue of immigration in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
On Saturday 19 January 2008, Embracing Difference will be launched by the Republic of Ireland’s Minister for Integration, Conor Lenihan, at the Emmaus Retreat Centre.
The Archbishop of Armagh, Most Revd Alan Harper and the Archbishop of Dublin, Most Revd Dr John Neill, will be keynote speakers at the Hard Gospel Conference on Immigration, entitled ‘A Pilgrim People’, taking place on 18 and 19 January 2008.
The Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Right Reverend Michael Mayes, is to retire at the end of March after forty-three years in the ordained ministry.
The Epiphany edition of the Irish Ecumenical News is now available.
This edition gives details of services being held around the island to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
People in Britain spend over £2.4 billion on flowers and plant gifts for Mothering Sunday: a staggering amount.