4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Precious Prizes Church

things-in-commonThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Precious Prizes Church. The entry was written by Colin Houston, and it describes the group’s work in North and West Belfast.

Precious Prizes Church

Contact – Colin Houston, colinriverword@yahoo.co.uk

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Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Pentecost Sunday Service at Sacred Heart

mallonatsacredThis week Fr Martin Magill remained in his own parish on Sunday evening as Sacred Heart hosted the annual local ecumenical service for Pentecost. In one of her first public functions, it was attended by the new Lord Mayor, Nichola Read more...

4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: The Loom

artsThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Loom in North Belfast. The contribution was written by Marda Stothers, who with her husband Ward had been working in the Loom.

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Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: The Dock

nomadicThis week Fr Martin Magill returned to the Titanic Quarter for the monthly service on board The Nomadic, which focused on the themes of class and equality. It was also a celebration for the first year of the Nomadic being … Read more...

4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Lamb of God Community & Shalom House

faith-without-good-works-is-dead.jpgThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Lamb of God Community in North Belfast. Their contribution describes their history and their activities with the local community.

Lamb of God Community & Shalom House

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Remembering ‘Holy Catholic Ireland’ at the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions Conference, 23-24 May at Queen’s

celticcross2Tomorrow I’ll be giving a paper at the annual conference of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, held this year at Queen’s University Belfast. My paper is titled, ‘Remembering “Holy Catholic Ireland”: Responding to the Clerical Sexual Read more...

Rev Heather Morris: How can the church be a catalyst for change in a post-conflict society?

uulectureHow can the church be a catalyst for change in a post-conflict society?

Rev Dr Heather Morris, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, shared some ideas about that at a lecture organised by the University of Ulster joint chaplaincy … Read more...

4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Irish Churches Peace Project

groundworkThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Irish Churches Peace Project.

The contribution was submitted by Laura Coulter, the Good Relations Officer for the Greater Belfast area. Contact information for good relations workers in Read more...

Invitation to Uganda Day, 3 June – Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs

ugandadayThe Uganda Association of Northern Ireland, through the secretary Fr Charles Lwanga Kaweesi, welcomes all friends of Uganda and Africa to Uganda Day Celebrations on 3 June, starting at 4 pm at St Mary’s University College in Belfast. This year … Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Focolare Movement and its annual conference, 2-6 July in Ballycastle

relationshipsThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Focolare Movement. Focolare is a world-wide movement with various expressions throughout the island of Ireland. It describes itself as:

An international group which takes its inspiration

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Religion & Change in Modern Britain by Linda Woodhead and Rebecca Catto; Woodhead to Speak at Belfast Conference, 3-5 September 2014

woodheadcoverIn September (3rd-5th), Belfast will host the bi-annual meeting of the European Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Research Network, the theme of which is ‘Religion in the Public Domain.’

Among the keynote speakers is Prof Read more...