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RTÉ Service on Sunday from Belfast Cathedral

Sunday, 8th February 2026, at 11.00am

This weekend’s Service on Sunday (8th February 2026) on RTÉ One television at 11.00am will be a Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday before Lent from Belfast Cathedral.

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Irish Times Notes

Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’

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Bishops' Appeal Committee

Pancakes & Prayer aims higher for Lent 2026

Providing food and water for 7,300 young people in South Sudan

The Pancakes & Prayer Lent Campaign is back for 2026! Last year, Bishops’ Appeal and the Church of Ireland Youth Department (CIYD) partnered with Fields of Life and with youth groups across Ireland, prayed, and fundraised an incredible £8,300/€9,500.

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Marriage Council

Marriage Council Clergy Couples Retreat Spaces Available

Space for two additional couples is now available on the Marriage Council Clergy Couples Retreat.

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Press Releases

Census 2026 – Reminder

Closing date 16th February

With just under two weeks left don’t forget to get your 2026 Church of Ireland Census returns submitted.

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Diocesan News

Charities Receive Share of £140,000 Raised by Black Santa

Deputy First Minister Emma Little–Pengelly joined Dean Stephen Forde at the annual Good Samaritans Service in Belfast Cathedral on February 1, where 103 local charities gathered to celebrate the £140,000 raised by the 2025 Black Santa Appeal.

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Board of Education (NI)

Transferors welcome review of Religious Education in Northern Ireland

The Transferor Representatives’ Council, representing the Church of Ireland, Presbyterian Church, and Methodist Church, has made the following statement on the announcement made by Education Minister Paul Givan MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly this morning

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Bishops' Appeal Committee

Gingerbread & Generosity raises over £4,000 (€4,700)to help people in need in South America

The Church of Ireland’s Bishops’ Appeal for World Aid and Development and the Board for Ministry with Children and Families are delighted to announce that £4,164 (equivalent to €4,796) has been raised through their Advent fundraising campaign – Generosity & Gingerbread – to help SAMS Ireland in its work to make life better for homeless people in Chile and vulnerable girls in Brazil.

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Diocesan News

St Brigid’s Day service launches a new diocesan project with Habitat for Humanity

There was standing room only in St Brigid’s Cathedral on Sunday the 1st of February as we gathered to mark the Patronal Festival of St Brigid.

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Diocesan News

Abigail Sines installed as Rector of the Trim and Athboy Union and Dean of Clonmacnoise

Congratulations to Dean Abigail Sines as she begins a new chapter of her ministry as the Rector of the Trim and Athboy Union and the Dean of Clonmacnoise.

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