Author Archives: Emma Blain

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 […]

Arlene Foster, former First Minister and leader of the DUP writes exclusively for our September issue, reflecting on her career in politics, and how her faith has guided her throughout. Rev’d Stephen Farrell outlines the tragic case of the suicide of Fr Alan Griffin, and explores what lessons the Church of Ireland must take from […]

This issue is a bumper edition for July/ August, with plenty of news and features for you to read on these long Summer days. And, while international travel still seems a long while away, we have a staycation special, where clergy from the most beautiful parts of this island tell us why we should visit […]