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Church of Ireland shares congratulations on Gracehill’s World Heritage Site recognition

The Church of Ireland’s Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell, has offered his congratulations to Bishop Sarah Groves and the Moravian community in Ireland following the announcement that Gracehill has been recognised as a World Heritage Site.

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Church and Society Commission

Church and Society Commission prepares Housing Needs and Community Assessment Survey

The Church and Society Commission’s Housing Needs and Community Assessment Survey seeks to assess and highlight how the housing crisis in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is affecting the people and community of the Church of Ireland and the implications for the future of the Church of Ireland.

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Priorities Fund

Bubble Church in rural County Armagh

For Mullabrack and Kilcluney parishes, in Armagh Diocese, the vision for a ‘Bubble Church’ project sprung from an idea that had its genesis during the pandemic and the challenges posed by Covid restrictions for church gatherings.

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Board of Education (NI)

‘Artificial Intelligence: Religious Friend or Foe?’

2024 Theological Lecture at Queen’s now available online

This year’s Annual Theological Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast – on the theme of ‘Artificial Intelligence: Religious Friend or Foe?’ – is now available to play back on the Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplaincy’s YouTube channel.

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Christian Unity and Dialogue

Conference of European Churches Annual Report for 2023 published

Highlighting key activities and memorable moments from 2023, the Conference of Europen Churches’ Annual Report entitled ‘Shaping the Future: Pathways to Peace’ is now published and available online.

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Board of Education (NI)

Congratulations to Professor Noel Purdy OBE

Colleagues within the Church of Ireland have congratulated Professor Noel Purdy OBE on the acknowledgement of his services to education in the King’s Birthday Honours List.

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Council for Mission

First ‘Mission Matters’ podcast focuses on outreach in Londonderry

In the first of its Mission Matters podcast series, the Church of Ireland Council for Mission is today sharing an interview with Joanne Miller, a Church Army diocesan evangelist in Glendermott parish, in Londonderry’s Waterside.

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Christian Unity and Dialogue

WCC courses and scholarships for 2025–2026

Students from members churches of the World Council of Churches, including the Church of Ireland, are invited to apply for courses at Ecumenical Institute, in Bossey, Switzerland.

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Marriage Council

Webinar shares how to support spouses in times of bereavement

As part of its role in resourcing the Church, the Marriage Council wants to support clergy, staff and parishioners in a variety of ways that connect with marriage and relationships. This is the first in a series of webinars to help in a simple and easy way.

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Christian Unity and Dialogue

Countering hate and responding with humanity – conference continues Dialogue of Friendship

European countries must find a way to respond with humanity to migrants, the Revd Bonnie Evans–Hills told a gathering in Dublin on Saturday May 25. Speaking at an event organised by the Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group and Places of Sanctuary (faith stream), she said that there is a huge movement of people across the globe but we are all connected – “they are us” was her theme.

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