As I announced last Tuesday, a regular weekly feature on this blog will be about the peacebuilding and reconciliation work of various faith-based organisations and congregations in Belfast. This is aimed to continue the inspiration of the 4 Corners Festival, … Read more...
Category: Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Immanuel Presbyterian, Belfast
This week Fr Martin Magill continued to explore the area around his new parish in North Belfast, visiting Immanuel Presbyterian on the Crumlin Road.
Fr Magill writes about the warm welcome and prayers for Christian unity which he found there, … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: The Dock & St Patrick’s Breastplate
This week Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing took him back to The Dock Church’s monthly service on board the Nomadic in the Titanic Quarter. Fr Magill had been asked by The Dock’s Rev Chris Bennett to share some reflections on … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: All Saint’s Church, Antrim
This week Fr Martin Magill journeyed to All Saint’s Church in Antrim for his ecumenical tithing. He describes the special healing service, during which the Church of Ireland Archdeacon offered a special prayer for him and for other Catholic priests. … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill on Telling & Listening to Stories of Trauma
On Sunday Fr Martin Magill visited McCracken Memorial Presbyterian Church in South Belfast, where Trevor Ringland, former Irish and British Lion Rugby star and now Chairman of the Northern Ireland Conservatives, spoke on the courage needed for future Peace and … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Trevor Ringland Speaks at McCracken on the Past, Future and Reconciliation
This week Fr Martin Magill visited McCracken Memorial Presbyterian Church, where Trevor Ringland, former Irish and British Lion Rugby star and now Chairman of the Northern Ireland Conservatives, spoke on the courage needed for future Peace and Reconciliation in Northern … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Woodvale Presbyterian Church
This week Fr Martin Magill returned to Woodvale Presbyterian Church for his ecumenical tithing. I was intrigued that he took two women from his parish along, who had made friends with someone with the Woodvale congregation through Facebook. They had … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Launch of Village Church, South Belfast
This week for his ecumenical tithing Fr Martin Magill attended the public launch of a new church in South Belfast: Village Church.
In his account of the proceedings, I am struck by the support that Village Church is receiving … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: Holy Communion at St Matthew’s, Woodvale
This week Fr Martin Magill renewed some friendships when for his ecumenical tithing he visited St Matthew’s Church of Ireland in Woodvale. The sermon focused on Jesus’ ‘manifesto’ as Messiah and included holy communion, providing an opportunity to pray for … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: The 4 Corners Festival with Roddy Cowie and the Psychology of Peace in the Sermon on the Mount
This week Fr Martin Magill’s ecumenical tithing brought him to a Sunday evening event in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church. Advertised as one of the events of the 4 Corners Festival, it was a service in which churches in South Belfast marked … Read more...
Fr Martin Magill’s Ecumenical Tithing: A Covenant Prayer on board the Nomadic
This week for his ecumenical tithing Fr Martin Magill returned to the Dock Church’s monthly service on board the Nomadic, which rests in dry dock in the Titanic Quarter.
The event followed the Methodist tradition of a New Year … Read more...