14 Apr 2021 | Organisations
Attempting to tackle sexual violence by children while violent pornography remains readily available online is like treating “cocaine addicts while supplying them with cocaine”, Floella Benjamin has said.
13 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
The Rev Tracey McRoberts, rector of St Matthew’s, Shankill Road, front centre, with representatives of different denominations who attended a Prayer Vigil in north Belfast on April 9. They include the Bishops of Connor and Down and Dromore, and Roman Catholic...
13 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
Following recent disturbances in Northern Ireland, the Church Leaders Group (Ireland) has written an open letter to political leaders in Northern Ireland, the Governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the European Union. In the letter, Church Leaders: Echo...
12 Apr 2021 | Organisations
These are remarkable times for sure. Conversation after conversation is dominated by debates over risk of death and illness and how best to mitigate that risk on a national level. Two examples; 1) Irish Quarantine A furore has broken out here in Ireland about...
12 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
Congratulations to the Revd Mark Harvey, rector of Shankill Parish Lurgan, who has accepted Bishop David McClay’s invitation to become a Canon of Dromore Cathedral. Mark said: “It’s an honour to have been invited by Bishop David to join the...
12 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
A statement from the Right Revd Monsignor Peter O’Reilly, St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Enniskillen and the Very Revd Canon Kenneth Hall, Dean of St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen: ‘With the announcement of the death of Prince Philip,...
12 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
The Archbishop’s Commissary for Clogher Diocese, the Revd Canon Ian Ellis, has issued the following statement: ‘We in the Diocese of Clogher, join with the Archbishop in praying for Her Majesty the Queen and members of the Royal Family upon the...
11 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
A selection of videos highlighting initiatives from the central Church – and scenes from the Irish landscape that we’ve seen while out and about – is available on our Vimeo channel. Our most recent one is a panorama from the top of Slemish, in...
10 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
Search Colloquium Every other year the Church of Ireland journal, Search, organizes a colloquium which, with the assistance of invited speakers, addresses a particular issue. The next colloquium, which will be held on Saturday 17 April, has as its theme “Who is...
9 Apr 2021 | Church of Ireland
Bishop Andrew Forster has offered condolences to the Royal Family on behalf of the parishioners of Derry and Raphoe following the death of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. “It is with great sadness that I have learned of the death of His Royal Highness,...
