St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, progressing on foot to the Titanic Quarter Sunday 15th April at 3.30pm
Responding to news that a viable bomb was discovered along the laneway of Councillor Harold Andrews’ home in County Fermanagh,
Nine Church of Ireland bishops who act as patrons of Church of Ireland Schools in the Republic of Ireland are today voicing their strong concerns about the prospect of cuts, which could have a particularly dramatic negative impact on small Church of Ireland schools across the country, particularly those in rural areas which cannot be amalgamated.
The 1,517 lives lost in the Titanic tragedy will be commemorated in a beautiful hand-crafted funeral pall which will be dedicated in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, a century after the disaster.
As previously announced, the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland will host a conference for members of the Church’s General Synod on the subject of ‘Human Sexuality in the context of Christian Belief’ at the Slieve Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan tomorrow, Friday 9th through to Saturday 10th March 2012.
Douglas Hyde’s ‘modern Irish’ translation of St Patrick’s Breastplate
Irishness and complex identity issues within the Church of Ireland in the early 20th-century are revealed in the RCB Library’s Archive of the Month online feature for March. This covers the story of Douglas Hyde’s ‘modern Irish’ translation of the St Patrick’s Breastplate hymn, which he provided at the request of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise, the Irish Guild of the Church of Ireland, in 1915.
The Revd Canon Victor Stacey has (Tuesday 28 February 2012) been elected as the next Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, in succession to The Very Revd Dr Robert MacCarthy, who retired at the end of January. St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland and the dean is elected from among the members of the Cathedral Chapter by the members of the Chapter.
As an exciting part of the Zacchaeus Outreach Project, which is a Church of Ireland/Church Army initiative within the Armagh Diocesan area working with members of local marching bands, a new bus is to be inaugurated on 6 March 2012.
The Chapter of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin will meet on Tuesday 28 February at 14.00 to elect a Dean as successor to the Very Revd Robert MacCarthy.
The Right Revd Ken Clarke, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, has been appointed as the new full-time Mission Director of SAMS Ireland (South American Mission Society). He will take up the post later this year and continue as bishop of his diocese until the Autumn. Bishop Ken Clarke is in his twelfth year as Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, having been elected as bishop on the 13th November 2000.
THE Church of Ireland has approved an official liturgy for services this year to mark the centenary of the Ulster Covenant.
The Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland will host a conference on the subject of ‘Human Sexuality in the context of Christian Belief’ at the Slieve Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan on Friday the 9th and Saturday 10th March 2012, beginning at 4.00pm on Friday and concluding at 5.00pm on Saturday.
Statement from The Most Reverend Dr Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Chair, Church of Ireland General Synod Board of Education (RI).
The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, is encouraging all fee-charging schools under Church of Ireland management to participate in and cooperate with a Department of Education initiative to find out how they spend their fee income.
The Most Rev Dr Mouneer Anis, President Bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East and Bishop of the Diocese of Egypt, will be in Northern Ireland next week on a short visit hosted by the Church Mission Society, Ireland.
The Church of Ireland Theological Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Hamill as Director of Continuing Ministerial Education and Lay Training. The post will take effect from 1st January 2012 and is initially for a period of four years.
The Archbishop’s wide-ranging address speaks to issues of the relationship between individual and institution, and about the creation of a constructive society – ‘one which sets at the heart of its agenda the wellbeing and the flourishing of its members’ – and active participation in it.
The Ordination and Consecration of The Revd F. John McDowell as a Bishop in the Church of God appointed to serve in the Diocese of Clogher by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, assisted by other bishops, will take place at St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, on Friday 23rd September 2011 at 7.00pm.
The Diocesan Bishops of the Anglican Celtic Churches (Scotland, Ireland and Wales) together with their Primates will meet in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th September. The bishops of the celtic churches meet together every two years and each of the three provinces takes it in turns to host the meeting.
STATEMENT TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH
The fact that the Very Reverend Thomas Gordon, Dean of Leighlin, entered a Civil Partnership on 29th July last has created a new situation for the Church of Ireland. In many parts of the Church, the matter is seen as controversial. In such a situation it is important that great care be taken in anything that may be said.
From the Church of Ireland Press Office
A special service of Thanksgiving and Dedication will be held in St Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry on Sunday 11 September at 7.30 pm. Following on from the major celebrations on June 9 to mark the complete restoration of the historic building, the service on Sunday evening will focus on the life of the Cathedral in terms of its music and choral tradition.
