Priorities Fund
Video highlights warm welcome for refugees
A video with Church of Ireland members sharing stories about how they welcome and integrate refugees is the first in a series commissioned with Priorities Fund support, to encourage greater ethnic diversity. The Primate’s Reference Group on Ethnic Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Justice received €9,500 from the Priorities Fund for this outreach project.
The five–minute film includes interviews with Helen Livingstone and David Maganda from All Nations Ministries in Belfast, and the Revd Abigail Sines and Dr Naomi Masheti from the Carraig Centre and Cork Migrant Centre. It seeks to inspire local churches to support refugees at any time throughout the year and can be viewed here:
In a resolution approved at the General Synod’s 2023 meeting in Wexford, the General Synod acknowledged the impact of anti–refugee and migrant hatred in our communities, and sought suggestions from dioceses ‘regarding ways in which the Church can counter the language of anti–refugee and migrant hatred at the local level and communicate a strong message of Christian welcome to all.’