| Two former loyalist prisoners, a former Republican prisoner and the father of a young man murdered by terrorists are to take part in the Three Hour Good Friday Devotion in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on 13 April 2001 from 12 noon to 3pm. |
The President of the Irish Council of Churches, Canon Ian Ellis, is to succeed Canon Cecil Cooper as the next editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette. Canon Ellis (49), an experienced writer, journalist, broadcaster and biblical scholar, is Rector of Newcastle, Co Down. He has been appointed by the board of the Church of Ireland Press Ltd, and will take over when Canon Cooper retires in September after almost three decades with the Gazette.
In response to requests for guidance in relation to church activities and the foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, we wish to generally recommend that all parishes should consider
The Church of Ireland today cancelled all Central Church Meetings due to be held this month in Church of Ireland House, Dublin in an effort to help reduce the risk of foot and mouth disease. The meetings involved people from all over the island.
| An Electoral College of the Church of Ireland to elect a new Bishop of Connor to succeed the Right Reverend James Moore will meet on Monday, 17 December 2001. |
| The new Church of Ireland Diocesan Youth Officer for the Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory, the Revd Philip Heak, will be commissioned on Sunday 28th January, at St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, 4.00pm. |
Campaigner for the Ordination of Women
On Saturday, 24 November, 2001, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Reverend Dr Walton Empey, will preside at a special Diocesan Forum in All Hallows’ College, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, starting at 10.00 am.
I had hoped to be leading the now annual pilgrimage from Saul to Downpatrick tracing the steps of St Patrick, this Saturday, but unfortunately, because of concerns about foot and mouth, it has had to be cancelled. It would be a pity, however, to let the day pass without remembering with thanksgiving the life of our patron saint. I would also want to encourage everyone to remember the members of our farming community and related industries at this time.
There have been forty-two pipe bomb attacks in the Province since the beginning of the year - which means there has been more than one a day on average.