Online Edition released on Tuesday 8th January Editorial – START WITH WHY Home News 4 CORNERS FESTIVAL RETURNS ONCE AGAIN TO BELFAST ARMAGH DIOCESAN MISSION WEEKEND MORE WOMEN NEEDED IN SENIOR CHURCH ROLES? ARCHDEACON IN ANNUAL SIT…
Primate talks personally about faith The following is an interview with Archbishop Richard Clarke, conducted by Alf McCreary (Belfast Telegraph). How and when did you come to faith? I grew up in a Church of…
Caring for the planet – a mark of mission This year, the Church of Ireland passed a motion at General Synod, the effects of which have rippled across Ireland and beyond. It was a motion…
Is the US becoming less religious? America is more religious than Europe, almost everyone agrees. Two-thirds of US Christians pray daily, compared with an average of just 18% of Christians across 15 countries in Europe,…
Philip Yancey to contribute to Gazette in 2019 Countdown to the monthly Gazette launch It is now just weeks until the Gazette reverts to being a monthly publication. The Gazette is excited to announce that…
Armistice day commemoration at Belfast cathedral Belfast cathedral hosted a poignant commemoration on Sunday 11th November, marking the centenary of the signing of the armistice at the end of WWI. Relatives of those who…
Brexit – an Irish Church perspective Public commentary in the UK has been dominated for the past two-and-a-half years by one word: ‘Brexit’. The close relationship between our countries means that Brexit has inevitably preoccupied minds in Ireland too.…
Revisiting battlefields With the centenary of the end of World War I in mind Margaret Hawkins recalls her visit to the battlefields in 2014 and how, unsettled by that experience, she found God reminding her…
Assessing who is Church of Ireland opens ‘Pandora’s box’ The Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2016 was signed into law in July of this year. On 3rd October, Minister Richard Bruton commenced three provisions of…
‘We will remember them’ The First World War – 100 years on The sheer fascination that the First World War continues to exert – even a full century after its ending – may seem bewildering…
