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Scoping study report: Exploring potential collaboration regarding local and global justice issues

The final report of the scoping study on exploring potential collaboration regarding local and global justice issues is now available. The study was commissioned by the Bishops’ Appeal and the Council for Mission, following a resolution of the 2018 General Synod.

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Board of Education (NI)

Board of Education (NI) wishes Bishop Good a happy retirement

The Board of Education (Northern Ireland) wished Bishop Ken Good a happy retirement at its last meeting.

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Developing the Church’s role in education in Northern Ireland

The Church of Ireland Board of Education (Northern Ireland) will be bringing forward a motion at General Synod to help to reshape its work in educational policy and supporting religious education and faith development. The Board’s Secretary, Peter Hamill, discusses its role and ongoing work.

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Promoting vocations

Bishop Michael Burrows chairs the Church of Ireland’s Commission on Ministry, which will be organising a Vocations Sunday across the Church this autumn (15th September).

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General Synod 2019: a preview

by the Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod

An overview of bills, motions, reports and practical arrangements for this year’s General Synod.

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Press Releases

St Patrick’s Cathedral announces Sponsor a Slate programme to secure future of 800–year old building

In what is singularly the largest building project since the Guinness restoration in the 1860s, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, has launched a major fund–raising appeal to replace entirely the slates on the higher roofs of the building.

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Diocesan News

Bishop of Connor launches his third book

The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, launched his latest book, The Jewel in the Mess, at the Spectrum Centre in north Belfast on Tuesday May 7.

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Diocesan News

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Choir tour to Hamburg and Lübeck

The choir of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, travelled to Germany in Easter week.

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RCB Library Notes

A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World

A large audience gathered at the Irish Architectural Archive (IAA), on Merrion Square, on Tuesday evening for the launch of A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World – an exhibition of the Church of Ireland’s historical architectural drawings.

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FAQs: Ordained Local Ministry

Bishop Patrick Rooke explains the what, why and how of Ordained Local Ministry in the Church of Ireland.

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