The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, who is attending the meeting of Anglican Primates in the United States, today paid tribute to Canon John Bartlett who has announced his retirement as Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College.
Archbishop Eames introduces the Church of Ireland response to Dominus Iesus at the Inter-Church Consulation held in Dundalk on 5th December 2000
Christmas means many different things to people. To the bereaved and homeless it is a time of great loneliness; to small children it is a time of wonder; to mothers a time of weariness and to others a time of great anticipation and family reunions.
Here in Northern Ireland we all know what terrorism does to people. For years we have lived with the consequences of violence. But the 11th September last was something different. Suddenly the entire world was faced with questions about life and death, about the brevity and fragility of life and the uncertainty of the future. The global village is still coming to terms with the questions and we have yet to find the answers.
One of the last events to be encouraged by the late Dean Jack Shearer is the Celebration for Christian Unity to be held in St Anne's Cathedral on Thursday, 18 January at 11am.
| Young people from all the Christian Churches in Ireland will have the opportunity to experience monastic life when Brothers from the Taizé Community go on tour in Ireland from 16 to 25 February 2001. |