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EASTER MESSAGE 2000
The Most Reverend Dr. Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh
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DIOCESAN COUNCIL CONDEMNS DRUMCREE VIOLENCE
At a meeting of the Diocesan Council of Armagh on 4 September 2000 the following Resolution was passed unanimously. |
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NEW DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL STUDIES AT THE CHURCH OF IRELAND THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
| The Revd Bernadette (Bernie) Daly, B.Th., curate-assistant of Taney Parish (Dublin) and Chancellor's Vicar in St Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin), has been appointed to succeed the Revd Jeremy Young as Director of Pastoral Studies at the Church of Ireland Theological College. |
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Bishop urges those in leadership to face down "those who seek to blackmail us ..."
| In a sermon preached in the North Cathedral in Cork at an ecumenical service for peace on Sunday 12th March, Bishop Richard Clarke (Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare) asks all those in leadership, south and north, including those in paramilitarism as well as in political life and in the Church, to have the courage to face down those who do not want events 'to move beyond their own fantasies of "what used to be"...' |
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BISHOP COLTON'S CHRISTMAS ADDRESS 2000
Address by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross |
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Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork's St. Patrick's Day message
Bishop Paul Colton challenges Irish people not to take the achievements of Ireland for granted.
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Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork gives Address at Mass at UCC
Bishop Paul Colton thanks Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross
for support for St Fin Barre's Cathedral
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Communion in Mission
Statement from Mississauga Meeting, May 2000
| This meeting of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from 13 countries, convened by His Eminence Edward Cardinal Cassidy and His Grace Archbishop George Carey, gathered at Mississauga, near Toronto, Canada, from 14-20 May 2000. Our meeting was grounded in prayer and marked by a profound atmosphere of friendship and spiritual communion. We began on Good Shepherd Sunday, conscious of our common vocation as shepherds of the Good Shepherd, with a responsibility to lead God's people forward in active hope towards that unity |
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Historic Consultation of Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops set for Canada in May
| Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops from thirteen regions around the world are to gather in Canada May 14-20 to review and evaluate the accomplishment of thirty years ecumenical dialogue between the two traditions and to reflect on how the special relationship between them has been developing in different parts of the world This high level meeting is happening at a time when Anglicans and Roman Catholics around the world are exploring the possibilities for further steps toward visible unity. The meeting grows out of a visit by the Most Revd and Rt Hon George L Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Pope John. Paul II in December 1996, where, in a Common Declaration, they stated; "it may be opportune at this stage in our journey to consult further about how the relationship between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church is to progress." The bishops will gather in private session at the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre near Toronto, Ontario, under the joint chairmanship of Archbishop Carey and Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, President of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Each day they will pray and reflect together and the meeting will be supported by the prayers of the faithful around the world. Ireland will be represented by the Rt Rev Dr S G Poyntz, former Bishop of Connor and the Most Rev Dr A Farquhar, Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor. Bishop Poyntz is a former Chairman of the Church Unity Committee of the General Synod, Chairman of the Irish Council of Churches, Co-Chairman of the Irish Inter Church Meeting and Vice President of the British Council of Churches. Bishop Farquhar is currently Chairman of the Roman Catholic Bishops' Commission for Ecumenism. Other bishops attending will be from New Zealand, Canada, England, United States, India, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Southern Africa, Uganda, Australia, Brazil and the West Indies, at the invitation of Cardinal Cassidy and Archbishop Carey. They will be joined by two recently appointed co-chairmen for the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC): the Most Revd Frank T Griswold, Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Most Revd Alexander Brunett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle. On Wednesday, May 17, the bishops will join together in public prayer at St Michael's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Toronto, presided by Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic and Bishop Terence Finlay. The Archbishop of Canterbury will be the preacher. This service is open to all. Other components of the meeting will be the sharing of experiences and reflection on theological dialogue between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. ARCIC, the chief instrument of official dialogue, was set up after the historic meeting in 1966 of the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey and Pope Paul VI. The international theological work has also fostered significant ecumenical co-operation on the national and local levels of church life. The Commission has produced a series of significant agreed statements, the latest being "The Gift of Authority" which is currently being studied at provincial, national and local levels. |
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AN INVITATION TO "BUILDING FOR GENERATIONS"
You are cordially invited to the launch of
"Building for Generations"
organised by the Diocese of Connor.