‘No Room at the Inn’: Four churches receive sanctuary designation
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Four New Churches of Sanctuary to be recognised
Places of Sanctuary Ireland will be recognising four new Churches of Sanctuary in the coming weeks. In a wonderful showing of ecumenical solidarity, four churches of different denominations spread right across the island are being recognised as Churches of Sanctuary during the four-week period of Advent, the season of preparation within the church year leading
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Dublin Central Mission-Abbey St Methodist Recognised as Church of Sanctuary
Dublin Central MissionâAbbey St Methodist (DCM) received recognition as a Church of Sanctuary as part of a Sanctuary in Faith event which took place on Thursday, 14 October. The presentation was made virtually, via Zoom, by Andy Pollak, acting chair of Places of Sanctuary Ireland, who congratulated DCM for their well-established ministry of welcome and
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News from Refugee Week and Sanctuary Sunday 2021 around Ireland
Great News July 2021 Refugee Week and Sanctuary Sunday 2021 around Ireland A number of churches around the island undertook to mark Refugee Week and Sanctuary Sunday this year. Carrigaline Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork has recently begun the process to become a Church of Sanctuary. This year on Sanctuary Sunday, the
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City Of Sanctuary Dublin website is launched
The new COS Dublin website is up and running (https://dublin.cityofsanctuary.org) – The technical teams and volunteers have put their terrific work and efforts in to this to make it ready for launch. About COS Dublin City of Sanctuary Dublin – bringing people together: We hold the vision that Dublin will be a welcoming city
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Collection of Reflections from the recent Trauma Care Seminar
This piece appeared in the Church of Ireland Gazette (monthly magazine), in June 2021. Trauma and torture are not lightweight topics to discuss. When Places of Sanctuary Ireland recently organised a seminar entitled âTrauma-informed Pastoral Careâ, for clergy, lay chaplains and pastoral workers who work with refugees and asylum seekers within their worshiping communities or
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January News
We hope the new year has begun as well as possible for you. It is important to stay connected during these uncertain times, so please enjoy reading the latest news from the Places of Sanctuary network. Please feel free to forward this email to friends or colleagues who may be interested. Tiffy and team Schools of
Churches of Sanctuary Webimar
A fantastic webimar took place on 10/11/2020 on the theme of Churches of Sanctuary with participation of the inspiring Inderjit Bhogal, the founder of City of Sanctuary, who inspired everyone with his vision and beautiful heart. He spoke about the idea of Sanctuary in general, providing refuge and protection to anyone from any faith or
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November News
1.Schools of Sanctuary We are delighted to tell you that, following the outstanding success of Schools of Sanctuary in Belfast, this important initiative has now taken off right across Ireland, with Schools of Sanctuary signing up in Galway, Dublin, Monaghan, Wexford, Waterford and Cork. Have a look at the impressive new Schools of Sanctuary Ireland website, where