June Butler and Jacqui Armstrong, from the Mothers’ Union, spoke on the scale and challenge of gender–based abuse and violence – and how members of the Church can take action against it – at General Synod 2021; their presentation is now available for discussion in dioceses and parishes.
Local parishes across the Church of Ireland are being encouraged to support Climate Sunday – an initiative of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland – in a new short video filmed around our island.
The House of Bishops has approved a resource provided by the Church and Society Commission for use in public worship at the discretion of local clergy. ‘Taking the Knee’ includes a sentence of Scripture, a prayer of acknowledgement and lament, and prayers for racial justice and equality.
The Church and Society Commission has issued the following statement, after its consideration of the Black Lives Matter movement and issues of racism and related injustices on the island of Ireland.
The Church of Ireland’s Church and Society Commission is pleased to be one of the organisers of the visit of Professor Katharine Hayhoe to the island of Ireland in March.
The Church of Ireland’s Church and Society Commission (CASC) recently hosted a seminar on the theme of Gender Justice in the Church of Ireland at Seagoe Parish Centre, Portadown.
A call to action on homelessness and housing insecurity has been issued by the Irish Inter–Church Meeting, which brings together church leaders from across the island of Ireland.
The Rt Revd Dr Kenneth Kearon, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, and Chair of the Church and Society Commission, has issued the following statement in relation to proposed amendments to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill, to be discussed at Westminster tomorrow.
The Church and Society Commission of the Church of Ireland has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to request an increase in welfare payments for people living in Northern Ireland who have been infected or otherwise affected by blood contamination.
A two–minute video presented to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod highlightss three examples of parish environmental projects from Carlow, Bushmills and Holywood.
