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    Group storytelling out of which relationships are built with the ‘same’ and the ‘other’
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Blogs

Holding the Tension Wisely

Submitted by Pádraig Ó Tuama on Tue, 15/11/2011 - 15:48

 

From June 1-2 of 2011, the Irish Peace Centres held a working conference at the Corrymeela Centre in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. The conference, “Religious Ethics and Human Rights working conference”, brought faith leaders, faith practitioners and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) advocates together for discussion. 

 

LGBT experiences of Faith & Church in Northern Ireland.

Submitted by Pádraig Ó Tuama on Sat, 03/09/2011 - 15:33

In early 2011, the Irish Peace Centres put out a tender for researchers to write a report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples' experiences of Faith and Church in Northern Ireland. This report is now avaiable as a download.

Furthermore, this report will be launched at 3.30pm on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 at the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. 

test

Submitted by mdoyle on Sat, 03/09/2011 - 15:29

Testing the problem...

An article for Agenda NI Special Edition on the opening of the peace bridge, submitted by Paddy Logue

Submitted by cohare on Thu, 19/05/2011 - 16:11

Constructing peace alongside reconciliation

 

IPC's Faith & Peace work reflecting on Ronan Kerr, Lent & Judas.

Submitted by Pádraig Ó Tuama on Mon, 11/04/2011 - 10:57

If you head on over to the Being Blog, you'll find a link to a piece I wrote on Ronan Kerr. 

In the meantime, let me give laudation and praise and goodness to those same folks who produce the finest first-person engagement with religion, ethics, meaning and ideas on the radio. 

A tapestry of musical traditions in Ireland

Submitted by bsharpe on Mon, 07/02/2011 - 23:58

On Sunday evening I had the great privilege of attending the Belfast leg of the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland's Peace Proms tour, on behalf of Co-operation Ireland.

Goosebumps ran down my arms for the duration of the performance; I was at one and the same time amazed at the talent of these young people, and the powerful message that emanted from this 130-strong ensemble from all parts of Ireland.

"The most attended fringe event I've witnessed at an Alliance conference - by a long chalk"

Submitted by bsharpe on Thu, 27/01/2011 - 00:00

Such are the words of Stephen Douglas, acting General Secretary of the Alliance Party following the Irish Peace Centres' event on January 22nd at Dunadry Hotel.

Political Party Conferences

Submitted by bsharpe on Mon, 08/11/2010 - 18:53

Political Party Conference season is upon us.  The ball was set rolling with the SDLP conference at the Ramada Hotel, Shaws Bridge on Saturday 6th November. 

Churches meet UVF political representatives

Submitted by aquinn on Fri, 29/10/2010 - 13:48

Interested to read in todays press that local clergy from the Rathcoole area have met with PUP representatives after the trouble that occurred there this week.

Interesting because the church appears to have been the first group to meet with these representatives and discuss the issues.

Interesting because yesterdays Irish News had an an article titled "What clergy say publicly can contribute to reconciliation"

City of Culture, City of Peace 2013

Submitted by plogue on Wed, 11/08/2010 - 13:24

It’s great news for Derry and a great challenge to peace-building: how do you do culture in a divided city?

 

Culture is inextricably linked to values and history. A people’s values can only be understood and explained in their narrative about themselves. The anthropologist Clifford Geertz described culture as simply “the ensemble of stories we tell ourselves about ourselves”. In divided societies the stories not only differ from each other, they come into conflict with each other.

 

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