12 Nov 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
On Friday the Welsh government announced that it would offer free abortions to women from Northern Ireland. However, it was not until this morning, that the summary of the consultation responses around this decision was published. You can find the summary here. In...
10 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
St Laurence celebrated The heart of St Laurence O’Toole goes on permanent public display in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, from next Wednesday. This occasion will be marked by free entry to the cathedral from 9.30am to 2.30pm. A special ecumenical service of...
9 Nov 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
A couple of rules of engagement with views different to yours are: Be fair. Represent the other accurately Engage with the best example of the other point of view, not a caricature or extremist position Look under the surface to their motive – what is their...
9 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Canon Harry Dobbs’ colourful annotation of the Preachers book, All Saints, Blackrock, on the same date, RCB Library, P714/8/6. The ‘War to end all Wars’ came to an end on Monday 11th November 1918. After over four years of fighting and death, it was...
9 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
by Dr Miriam Moffitt The ‘’War to end all Wars’ came to an end on Monday 11 November 1918. After over four years of fighting and death, it was finally over. The sense of relief is captured in the pages of the Church of Ireland Gazette,...
8 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
One of the historic churches on a site linked with early Christian settlements and a monastic order on Devenish Island is currently undergoing a significant restoration project on its stonework to protect it for future generations. The Priory Church is one of two...
8 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
The Clogher Diocesan Big Sing which takes place on Sunday evening, 18th November, at 7pm in St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, will bring together a number of choirs, music groups and soloists from parishes across the diocese. This first event of its...
6 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
Revisiting battlefields With the centenary of the end of World War I in mind Margaret Hawkins recalls her visit to the battlefields in 2014 and how, unsettled by that experience, she found God reminding her of something in a mug. When farmers in Belgium plough their...
6 Nov 2018 | Organisations | 0 Comments
A young mum from Northern Ireland has refused advice to abort her baby in the knowledge that the child is unlikely to survive outside the womb. Keep on reading: Mother refuses to abort child with life-limiting...
6 Nov 2018 | Church of Ireland | 0 Comments
A Service of Choral Evensong was held in St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, on Sunday, 4th November to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the opening of the first Royal school in Fermanagh. The service was conducted by the Dean of Clogher, the Very Revd...
