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Encouraging open conversations and reducing stigma

Bishop Storey outlines positive Christian responses to improve mental health

“Positive mental health is a journey, not a destination, and a journey that we tend to travel very quietly … and yet there can be healing,”

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Cecil leaves a legacy in story

Mishkins, a story the late Revd Cecil Wilson told to his daughters when they were children, has been released as a book with the proceeds of all sales going to CMSI.

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Share the grace of sympathy and empathy

Archbishop Michael Jackson opens MindMatters conference

“What we all need to have and to share worldwide is the grace of sympathy and of empathy,” Archbishop Michael Jackson remarked as he opened the Church of Ireland’s MindMatters conference, in Dublin’s Radisson Blu Hotel, on Friday (20th October).

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Irish Inter–Church Meeting 2023 marks fifty years since Ballymascanlon Talks

The thirty–third meeting of the Irish Inter–Church Meeting took place on Thursday and Friday last week (19th–20th October) in Dromantine Conference Centre, Newry. The theme for the meeting was ‘Our Reconciling Vision of Hope: Fifty years since the Ballymascanlon Talks’.

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Tributes to Bishop Gordon McMullan

Archbishops John McDowell and Michael Jackson and Bishops Ian Ellis, David McClay, Harold Miller and Robin Eames have paid tribute on the announcement of the death of Bishop Gordon McMullan.

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Primate addresses 2023 Armagh Synod

Archbishop John McDowell spoke on a range of current issues in the life of our Church and wider society when addressing the Diocese of Armagh’s annual Synod, yesterday (Tuesday, 17th October).

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Call for Global Day of Prayer and Fasting

As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem have issued a call for a global day of prayer and fasting tomorrow – Tuesday, 17th October.

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Looking after your mental health during difficult news events

As the present conflict in the Middle East continues, we want to help you in responding in faith and acknowledging thoughts and emotions about what we see and hear in the news.

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Statement on the death of Kim Damti

From the Rt Revd Adrian Wilkinson, Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.

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Inspiring angles #1: the story of a book

In the first of our ‘Inspiring angles’ podcast series, drawing out positive stories from around the island, we meet the Revd David Luckman – the Church Planter at Hilden Community Church, near Lisburn, in Connor Diocese.

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