Irish Times Notes07 Mar 2020

Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’

Press Releases06 Mar 2020

Guidance for central committees – Novel Coronavirus (Covid–19): updated

Please note that all meetings in Church of Ireland House, Dublin, on Monday and Tuesday (9th & 10th March) will take place, subject to any change in advice from the health authorities. Any further updates will be posted on the Church of Ireland website.

Diocesan News06 Mar 2020

Accredited youth work training is ‘invaluable’

For the last six Wednesday evenings, the team at Down and Dromore Youth Council has been busy running OCN Youth Work Level 2 in Church House, Belfast.

Diocesan News06 Mar 2020

Drumbeg and Egypt – a living relationship

Drumbeg Parish has had a long–established link through CMS Ireland with the Diocese of Egypt, but the past few years have seen significant rejuvenation and growth in the relationship to the benefit of both partners.

Diocesan News06 Mar 2020

Junior bell ringers from Dunmanway tour West Cork Bell towers

Ten young people between the ages of 8–16 learning are learning to ring the Sam Maguire Community Bells at St Mary’s Church in Dunmanway, County Cork.

Diocesan News06 Mar 2020

Templebreedy School, Cork, take part in Limerick Primary School Singing Competition

The children of Templebreedy National School, Crosshaven, County Cork, visited Limerick Choral Festival on Friday 28th February to participate in the Primary School Singing Competition.

Diocesan News04 Mar 2020

Methodist President’s visit to Derry

The President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Revd Sam McGuffin, paid a courtesy visit to the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Revd Andrew Forster, in Londonderry on Monday afternoon.

Diocesan News03 Mar 2020

Hillsborough Parish holds a Day of Prayer & Fasting

Hillsborough Parish held a Day of Prayer & Fasting on Ash Wednesday to mark the start of Lent and as part of a special focus on drawing closer to God.

Diocesan News03 Mar 2020

Glencraig’s Café Church fosters ‘connections with God and one another’

The rector of Glencraig, Revd Catherine Simpson, has introduced a new Café Church style service on Sunday evenings.

RCB Library Notes03 Mar 2020

Monaghan parish register reveals rector’s response to Disestablishment

Under the terms of the Irish Church Act, of 26th July 1869, which passed into law in 1871, the union between Church and State in Ireland that had existed since the Reformation was dissolved, and the Church of Ireland ceased to be established in law, leaving it ‘free to shape her future course, independent of state control’.