Standing Committee & RB
Standing Committee News
From the meeting of 21 November 2000
The Civic Forum
The Churches' Consortium has ratified nominations to the Civic Forum, which have been accepted by the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister.
The five representatives from the Churches on the Civic Forum are as follows:
Mr George Glenn, Church of Ireland
Mrs Daphne Gilmore, Presbyterian Church
Pastor David McConaghie, Smaller Evangelical Churches
Mrs Marie Louise Warde-Hunter, Roman Catholic Church
Mrs Eileen Gallagher, Roman Catholic Church
General Synod 2002
The meeting of the General Synod in 2002 will be held on 14, 15 and 16 May in the Stillorgan Park Hotel Conference Centre, Dublin.
Inter-church business
The following reports were noted by the Standing Committee:
- report on the meeting of the Porvoo Contact Group, held in Durham in September 2000, submitted by Ms V Beatty
- report on the Porvoo Theological Conference, held in Durham after the Contact Group, submitted by the Rev Dr AW McCormack
- report from the Committee for Christian Unity on the comments made by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on the relationship of the Roman Catholic Church with other Churches, to be submitted to a consultation organised by the Irish Inter-Church Meeting on 5 December.
Priorities Fund
The Standing Committee approved a recommendation of the Priorities Fund to set aside £100,000 for a special project/s over the next 3 years (2001-2004), under the general title RECONCILIATION AND OUTREACH. The applications for this project/s are to be separate from the normal process in the Fund, with an end of February 2001 deadline. It is hoped to support a small number of projects in a meaningful way over the 3 year period.
Further information from:
GENERAL & SYNOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Church of Ireland House
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Rathmines
Dublin 6
Tel: (01) 497 8422
Fax: (01) 497 8821
Email: General Synod Services