Bishops’ Appeal, the Church of Ireland’s world aid and development programme, is asking all parishes to remember the Middle East in prayer this Advent Sunday (1st December) and, following this morning’s ceasefire, to continue to pray for an end to all violence and destruction.
Applications for displays stands at the 2025 General Synod are now invited from interested groups. The Synod takes place in Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas, on Friday 9th & Saturday 10th May 2025.
The Porvoo Declaration commits the Churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo Churches and their dioceses.
Bishop Michael Burrows, as Chair of the Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue, has encouraged parishes to consider celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, to take place in January, with resources prepared by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
The Church and Society Commission of the Church of Ireland has produced a resource for members of the Church regarding the sensitive issues that arise in relation to the end of human life.
During a special Choral Evensong on Sunday, 24th November 2024, Mr Geoffrey Perrin was installed as a Lay Canon in the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick, Armagh, in recognition of his particular and distinguished service to the Church of Ireland.
As Christmas comes closer, many more people in Ireland than was the case last year are living without a roof or a home or are at risk of losing their own place of comfort, warmth and safety.
We are looking for a highly motivated Trusts Manager to join our Property and Trusts Department to manage the administration of the over €288.85m and £67.7m of trusts vested in the RCB.
Sunday and Weekday Readings 2025, published by Church of Ireland Publishing, is now available to assist clergy and lay readers in preparing for and leading worship services.
