Change and consolidation and harvesting the fruits of the Spirit were the focus of Archbishop Michael Jackson’s Presidential Address to the Diocesan Synods of Dublin and Glendalough on Tuesday 15 October in Taney Parish Centre, Dublin.
In his first presidential address to the Armagh Synod since becoming Archbishop of Armagh late last year, Archbishop Richard Clarke spoke of how ‘As Christian disciples we need to be aware of what should be the most important aspects of what we are, and what we most clearly are, to ourselves and to others … and to God.’
Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal requests harvest and advent funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria and for the refugees in surrounding Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. (Tearfund and Christian Aid partners).
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, has been re–structuring its music department, having established a girls’ choir and actively seeking to recruit boys for a newly constituted boys’ choir. As a central part of this project, the Cathedral is pleased to announce that it is to create an ecumenical and cross–community ‘Choir School’.
The environmental movement has a powerful ally in faith communities, an ecumenical congregation heard in Christ Church Taney recently.
A brand new series of selected dissertations emerging from Masters (MTh) students at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute was launched at CITI on Wednesday 9 October by distinguished guest Canon Dr Christina Baxter.
At the most recent (September) meeting of the Standing Committee of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland it was resolved to convey a statement to Girlguiding Ulster and Girlguiding UK.
The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe has condemned the killing of a young man in the city centre of Derry / Londonderry today (10th October).
The deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, today said: “Churches have a vital role to play in helping to prevent suicide and providing pastoral care for those families and friends affected by suicide.”