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]
Revd. Mervyn Kingston, R.I.P.
3 August 2013
Revd. Mervyn Kingston, co-founder of Changing Attitude Ireland, died peacefully at home in North Down, on Friday 2nd August, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. From Pink News: “Rev Kingston was a pioneer of the gay Christian movement in Ireland since the early 1980s as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association (NIGRA). He served in a number of parishes in the Church of Ireland, his final one being as rector of the Creggan and Ballymascanlon (1990-2003) which he retired from in 2003 following a diagnosis of cancer. In that same year he co-founded Changing Attitude Ireland (CAI).”
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Changing Attitude Ireland stall at the General Synod
30 May 2013
Alison Finch and Canon Charles Kenny at the CAI stall, General Synod, May 2013 [Continue Reading]
International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia
1 May 2013
Changing Attitude Ireland services for the 2013 International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. [Continue Reading]
