Among the news Bishop Paul Colton brought back from the Lambeth Conference was that of the inauguration of the Anglican Communion Forest.
Excellence in religious education is recognised by the TRC Award which is presented each year to a Stranmillis University College student at who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to creativity and innovation in this subject area.
Our environment has been an inspiration for inventiveness among Irish Christians from the earliest days of the Celtic Church with previous generations working in harmony with their natural environment creatively and productively.
The Church of Ireland’s Board of Education for Northern Ireland has written to all controlled schools at the end of term, to encourage and thank them for their steadfast work in difficult circumstances.
It’s not every day that the Taoiseach turns up to celebrate the 303rd birthday of your school. But for pupils of Castleknock National School in Dublin that’s exactly what happened last Wednesday morning (June 28) when Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister Jack Chambers joined them on their last day of the school year.
The Diocese of Derry and Raphoe is to get its first female Dean following the appointment of the Rev Liz Fitzgerald as Rector of the Grouped Parishes of Raphoe, Raymochy and Clonleigh and Dean of St Eunan’s Cathedral.
Two recipients of King’s Birthday Honours in Clogher Diocese are involved in their churches and charities in the local community.
There was a mood of celebration and tremendous thankfulness in Derg Parish Church last Thursday evening as the Rev Claire Henderson was ordained priest by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Rev Andrew Forster.