House of Bishops meetings are normally held in Dublin, but in response to an invitation from the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Right Revd Ken Good, their three day meeting will take place in Derry on this occasion.
The Macartan 1500 Project’s finalé guest speaker in its Christianity and Conflict lecture series will be the Archbishop of Kaduna, Nigeria.
The staff of the newly refurbished Church of Ireland Diocesan Centre on London Street, Londonderry are inviting everyone to coffee on Wednesday morning, 16 May, between 10.30am and noon.
The Church of Ireland today presented awards to parishes, dioceses and other church organisations for the best websites and magazines; to acknowledge the contribution of all those who help promote communications both internally and externally for the Church.
The award is for n:vision, the new diocesan magazine for Derry and Raphoe dioceses. The presentation was made to Rev Pat Storey (Editor) by Archbishop Alan Harper during the main business of Synod.
Speaking at the Church of Ireland General Synod, the Archbishop of Dublin will accuse the Department of Education of “paying no more than lip service” to “the whole concept of Christian education upon which our education system is founded.”