Tributes were paid to Senator David Norris for his courage and leadership in pioneering gay rights in Ireland following the Changing Attitude Ireland public lecture in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, on Saturday October 27. [Continue Reading]
Irish Times: ‘There is a certain combat and indeed violence deeply embedded in theology’
26 October 2013
There was a little of Lady Macbeth in the reaction of some in the Church of Ireland to Archbishop Michael Jackson’s recent observations on sectarianism in Dublin and Glendalough. It was just a mite too upset. You will recall how Lady Macbeth on being told of the murder of Duncan, King of Scotland, at her castle, an act in which she ably assisted, betrayed herself by asking: “What, in our house?” As if. Sectarianism among the decent, God-fearing Anglicans (polyester, genetic, whatever) of Dublin and Glendalough Whoever would suggest such a thing? [Continue Reading]
The Irish News: Lives remembered – Rev Mervyn Kingston
24 August 2013
If there was a theme that resonated throughout Mervyn Kingston’s Church of Ireland ministry, it was ‘reaching out’. In parishes across Belfast, Down and the Armagh/Louth border, the gay cleric stretched out a hand of friendship and understanding wherever he went. In south Armagh, the east Belfast Protestant developed a love of the Irish language – he would often recite the Lord’s Prayer as Gaeilge – as he worked to bring communities together. [Continue Reading]
