Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Gospel Values
Ireland will make history in May 2015 when it becomes the first country to hold a referendum on gay marriage. While other countries have legislated for it, no country has ever held a referendum until Ireland decided to do so. This coming May, the people of Ireland will be asked to decide whether the following […]
Posted on 25. Dec, 2014 in Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Festivals, Fundraising
This year in the run up to Christmas, several different choirs all came to sing outside St. Ann’s church on Dublin’s Dawson St. during their annual Black Santa collection that this year was in aid of the homeless. They joined the vicar of St Ann’s, Canon David Gillespie and clerical colleagues from around the United […]
Posted on 06. Nov, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Conflict, Death
One hundred and four years ago on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Armistice between the Allies and the Germans came into effect and the Great War was over. It had lasted four years and had claimed the lives of 37 million men, women and children. This year, 2014, […]
Posted on 07. Aug, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Conflict, Weddings and Marriage
Few people today in Ireland would be concerned about people of different faith traditions marrying, but in the past, especially in Northern Ireland, it was a subject that would have been taboo. Here from the archives, Jan 2005, is a piece with Eoin de Bhaldraithe OSCO, a member of the Cistercian community in Bolton Abbey, […]
Posted on 31. Jul, 2014 in Achievement, Baptism, Church of Ireland, Uncategorized
Bhí suim faoi leith ag an tEasbog Caird sa Ghaeilg agus thug sé uchtach do luch leanúna na Gaeilge agus é ag dul thart timpeall na tíre ag caint ar chultúr is cúrsaí na teangan. Bhí a lán chairde aige imeasc na Gaeilgeoirí agus dar ndóighe bhí an-mheas air imeasc an phobail. Tá Aonghus Dwane […]
Posted on 24. Jul, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Feminism/Women in the Church, Uncategorized, Vocation
The Episcopal life of Donald Caird encompasses many of the most critical junctures in the twentieth century Irish story. From Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath he was elected Archbishop of Dublin in 1985 remaining there until 1996. As such he was Primate of the Anglican church in the Republic of Ireland when the Northern […]
Posted on 22. May, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Church Teachings, Young people
“New Media is a communication revolution,” so says Bishop Trevor Williams, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert. He has extensive experience in media; he worked as a producer for the BBC and has featured on several television programmes in Ireland. He also maintains his website and tries to tweet as much as […]
Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in Baptism, Christian Values, Church of Ireland, Gospel Values, Pope John 23rd
If anyone is worried about how clergy of the Christian churches are getting on with their common witness they may be inspired by the celebration of the sacrament of baptism that took place in Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire earlier in March. In a unique and very moving ceremony Monsignor Dan O’Connor, Parish Priest of […]
Posted on 13. Mar, 2014 in Church of Ireland
Linda Chambers hates walking in her bare feet. But during Holy Week she will be spending all her time, indoors and out, hail, rain or shine in her bare feet. It’s her way of remembering and drawing attention to the 75% of people in Swaziland who live far below the poverty line and cannot […]
Posted on 16. Jan, 2014 in Church of Ireland, Community, Gospel Values
The scandal over payments to Central Remedial Clinic executives and former executives ratcheted up again with revelations that former Chief Executive Paul Kiely got €542,000 more in his retirement package than was disclosed to the Public Accounts Committee in December. The issue that has shocked people most is that funds paid into the CRC for charitable […]