Author Archives: Emma Blain

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 […]

Our summer issue which covers the months of July and August, is full of news, comment, reflection and entertainment. Diocesan Focus comes from Connor, and reports on the Connor Clergy Conference, events in Belfast and Lisburn cathedrals, the Connor link with Yei in South Sudan, the relocation of the North Belfast Centre of Mission to […]

Our June issue is online and in print now, and full of news from across the island with plenty of features for long summer evening reading. We have a special focus on tackling hatred and racism in our June issue, with a look at  the work and focus of the Primate’s Ethnic Diversity, Inclusion and […]

The Easter issue of the Gazette is out now and full of great features and news. In Holy Week, and in his monthly column, Stephen Farrell extols the great beauty and wonder of the Great Vigil of Easter. The return of the common cup is greeted with enthusiasm by Paul Arbuthnot, who argues that we […]

Our Christmas Cover competition returns for 2021, this year it’s open to all age groups and you’ll find all the details on how to enter, in our November issue. Inside this issue, our series of articles looking at different aspects of the PUL community in Northern Ireland continues as Paul Mc Fadden meets with Rev’d […]

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin is featured on our October cover, as the Cathedral celebrates the completion of the roof restoration works which have been ongoing for the last two years and have seen over 14,000 roof slates replaced and essential fire protections upgraded. Inside, we meet some of the members of General Synod, and hear […]