Author Archives: Emma Blain

Our September issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. How far would you walk for water? That’s the question from Ronnie Briggs, who tells us about the life saving work of Water Drops- working in rural and remote communities in Southern Kenya to ensure these communities have […]

Our Summer issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. Karen Bushby reports on the 120th Anniversary of Belfast Cathedral, and the special services that were held to mark the 120 years since the cathedral’s consecration. We hear from Lynn Glanville who reports on the conference organised by […]

Our June issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. On the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, Brian Walker shares the story of his father, Captain Leslie Walker, Chaplain to the Forces, his wartime experiences, and how eighty years ago, he landed on Gold Beach in Normandy […]

Our May issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. In Part Two of her series on Parish Records, Dr Susan Hood speaks with Margaret Hawkins about the do’s and don’t around vestry minutes. Diocesan Review comes from the Dioceses of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory which had a busy and productive year. We […]

Our April issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. Inside, Bishop Adrian Wilkinson documents his visit of ecumenical engagement in Rome, where over 50 bishops from 27 different countries listened, prayed, and discussed how growing together as churches might strengthen our joint witness and mission in the […]

Our March issue is out now and full of great news and features from across the island. Inside, Maurice Dockrell shares the story of his family’s long involvement in Irish politics, beginning with his ancestor Margaret Sarah Dockrell, a trailblazer in tumultuous times in Irish history. Are you a churchwarden, select vestry member, or indeed […]

Our December issue is out now and we are delighted to announce the winner of our Christmas Cover competition is Rev’d Nicholas Dark with his beautiful photograph of Magheragall Parish Church. In turbulent times, the Archbishop of Armagh, and the Archbishop of Dublin have both written exclusively for the Gazette, with their messages for Advent. […]

Our November issue is out now, online and in print. Subscribe to read all the latest news and features from the Church of Ireland, across the island. Our Christmas Cover competition returns this year.  Find out how you can enter, for the chance to make the cover of the December issue of the Gazette, and win a […]

Our October issue is out now, online and in print. Subscribe to read all the latest news and features from the Church of Ireland, across the island. The Church of Ireland has launched an appeal to help the survivors of the Libya floods. Read more about how you can help those affected by these devastating […]

As children across the island have returned to school, Andy Hay takes an alternative look at home schooling, and the innovative ways that his parish, St Finnian’s Belfast, is supporting home educators. Paul McFadden speaks with Karen Jardine, Public Affairs Officer of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland about the challenges facing the PUL (Protestant-Unionist-Loyalist) community […]