The following photograph is from the Dromantine Conference Centre in Country Down, Newry, at the end of the five-day Anglican Communion Primates Meeting.
Primates' Meetings News
The following photographs were taken during the Primates Meeting at the Dromantine Conference Centre, County Down, Northern Ireland, between 21-25 February 2005.
There are four instruments of unity that serve the world wide family of Anglican/Episcopal churches. They are: The Lambeth Conference (meets every 10 years, for bishops); the Primates Meetings (regular meetings for the senior archbishops and bishops of the 38 Provinces); the Anglican Consultative Council (meeting every 3 years or so, includes laity, bishops, priests, deacons); and the Archbishop of Canterbury in his international role as primus inter pares
As Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, we gathered at the Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, Newry, in Northern Ireland, between 20th and 25th February, 2005
For accredited journalists, the press briefing for the Primates Meeting currently underway in Northern Ireland is to be held at 230pm on Friday 25 February at the Dromantine Centre, County Down, near Newry. The briefing will take place at the front of the main house - not the conference centre - and the entrance to the briefing rooms will be indicated by staff
Photographs from Armagh.
The Primates of the Anglican Communion attended Armagh Cathedral for Evensong on Tuesday 22 February after the day's meetings at the Dromantine Conference Centre in County Down, near Newry, Northern Ireland. The Primates Meeting lasts until Friday 25 February. This photograph shows the 35 Primates who are at the meeting at Dromantine
From our first reading this evening, 'you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation'. These words spoken to the people of Israel in the wilderness are spoken again to the church in the New Testament. And spoken to us today. But what is it to be called to be a kingdom of priests? In the understanding of those who wrote our Old Testament lesson, the priest was the focus of everything that God's people gave to God
The Primates of the Anglican Communion today met in Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre near Newry for a five-day conference. In welcoming the Primates to Northern Ireland, the Most Revd Robin Eames, the senior primate in the Anglican Communion, said, "I pray that this week will be of great benefit to us in our roles as leaders of the flock of Christ and I assure you all of the very warm welcome to the Church of Ireland."
The Primates of the Anglican Communion are to hold their regular meeting at the Dromantine Conference Centre near Newry, Northern Ireland, between 21-25 February 2005. The meeting of the 38 provincial Primates of the Anglican Communion will be centred on Bible study, Eucharist and retreat led by the Archbishop of Canterbury