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Bishop Nulty Brings Greetings of the Catholic Church
Bishop Denis Nulty of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin brought greetings from the Catholic Church to General Synod this afternoon (Friday May 9).
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Board of Education report highlights redevelopment of RE programme in Republic and concern over lack of investment in Northern Ireland
The redevelopment of the ‘Follow Me’ Religious Education programme for Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist primary schools in the Republic of Ireland was showcased at General Synod meeting in Naas this afternoon (Friday May 9).
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New Resource to Connect Children With the Life of the Church Launched
The Liturgical Advisory Committee launched new resources aimed at helping children to become more rooted in the life of their local church at General Synod today (Friday May 9).
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Inter Church and Inter Faith Work Highlighted in Christian Unity and Dialogue Report
The Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue is “a vine with many branches reaching out to be with, engage, promote, support, maintain, encourage and build up unity within the wider body of the Church”. So said the proposer of the Commission’s report, Canon Stephen Fielding, to General Synod today (Friday May 9).
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Weddings in Secular Venues a Missional Opportunity – Synod Urged to Explore Marriage Outside Churches
The Church of Ireland has been asked to explore the possibility of allowing its clergy to solemnise marriages in secular venues.
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General Synod Looks to Embrace Electronic Voting
Members of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland today (Friday May 9) have passed a motion to explore the use of electronic voting at their meetings
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Bill Seeks to Simplify Vestry Members’ Registration Process
A Bill which, if enacted, will see two separate forms of declaration for members seeking to be registered on the register of vestry members of a parish replaced with a single form was presented at General Synod in Naas today (Friday May 9).
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Bill Seeks to Allow Increase in Coopted Members to RCB
A Bill which proposes an increase in the number of members co–opted onto the Representative Church Body, from 11 to 18 passed its initial stages at General Synod today (Friday May 9).
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Bill Seeks to Correct Clergy Pensions Anomaly
A Bill which seeks to correct and anomaly which has arisen in the calculation of late retirement pensions of clergy was presented at General Synod in Naas today (Friday May 9). Bill No 6 notes that a small number of members of the Church of Ireland Clergy Pensions Fund who had reached the normal retirement age (NRA) before 1st January 2024, but had not yet retired by that date, have not benefitted from recent increases to pensionable stipend or to pensions in payment. The proposed amendment to the Constitution will lead to late retirement pensions being calculated by using pensionable stipend at the date of retirement.
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General Synod Communications Competition
This year’s Church of Ireland Communications Competition, leading up to General Synod, celebrated the wide range of print media produced by church communities and organisations, to serve parishioners and reach out more widely to our neighbours.
