Editorial – A PLACE TO CALL HOME The deaths last month of 39 people whose bodies were discovered in a container lorry which had travelled to the UK from Belgium is nothing short of horrific. Migrants. Refugees. Asylum seekers. Whatever ‘category’ they may fall into,…

Editorial BREXIT – EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. Home news LIFE-SIZE CROSS IS DEDICATED AT DOWN CATHEDRAL BISHOP ALAN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT DIOCESAN SYNOD –  DANGER OF ‘OBSESSION WITH REGULATIONS – By Brian Donaldson RESOURCES FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS ORPHAN SOCIETY MARKS 175 YEARS THE INSPIRATION OF ST PATRICK EVENTS TO MARK…

Editorial – THE PRIVILEGE OF TELLING STORIES Little did I know when I was introduced to the Church of Ireland Gazette more than 13 years ago, that I would one day have the privilege of becoming its editor. In my years as part-time diocesancommunications officer in…

Editorial – BEYOND ANGER AND NOISE In his presidential speech to the 2019 General Synod, Archbishop Clarke said: “If the Church is to be – as Christ calls it to be – a beacon for grace and truth, it cannot live in a ghetto designed…

EDITORIAL – THE NEED FOR HOPE IS URGENT We know that, following the seismic events of Good Friday, the first disciples were now fearful, uncertain and deeply puzzled as to where their future might lie.” These are words from the recent joint Holy Week and…

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9). These words seem more important than ever. We are reminded that the call to peacemaking is one of the foundational teachings of Christ, in the Sermon on…