The annual clergy sit-out for charity will take place at St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm daily and on Christmas Eve morning from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm
Dublin's Lord Mayor, Councillor Roystan Brady, Archbishop John Neill and Fr PearseW alsh, PP., University Church, St Stephen's Green will be among the dignitaries to read lessons at the Annual Ecumenical Carol Service in St Ann's Church Dawson Street on Sunday 14 December at 7.00 pm
The Church of Ireland today published an information leaflet and guidelines authorised by the Standing Committee for clergy in response to the changes in marriage law due to come into effect from 1st January 2004.
Thursday, 11 December 2003 will be an historic day in the long history of the Church of Ireland College of Education 96 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin 6 when Seamus Heaney formally presents three students from the class of 2002/2003, Elaine Anderson, Nikki Richardson and Emma Stinson with Gold Medals at 12.30 pm.
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast - 8 pm Monday 8 December 2003
“It is said that time heals. Sadly there are memories which may grow less vivid as time passes – but they are never lost. Those are the very personal memories of a face, a voice, a life which have been taken from those who loved them most through the violence of terrorism. A photograph, a letter or a newspaper clipping remain the tangible reminders of those loved ones. Those are the memories which as the poet says ‘lie too deep for tears.’
On Saturday 29th November in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, three Church of Ireland Bishops - Bishop Peter Barrett of Cashel, Bishop Michael Mayes of Limerick and Bishop Paul Colton of Cork led discussion of a report entitled The Hard Gospel about sectarianism in the Church. Each Bishop gave a short opening statement:
3Rock, Dublin & Glendalough's new diocesan youth initiative, will be officially launched by Archbishop Neill at a ceremony in CORE, St Catherine's Church, Thomas Street, on Wednesday, 26 November 2003 at 8.00 pm. During the ceremony Dr Neill will officially open 3Rock's new offices and introduce its recently appointed Director, Greg Fromholz.
On a crisp sunlit Saturday morning at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, County Down around 400 people gathered to seek new insights and to find encouragement for the work of healing and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. The packed programme of worship and workshops was set around the theme ‘A Time to Heal’.