The Irish Council of Churches

• The Irish Council of Churches: 1923 – 1983 by Rev. Prof. J.M. Barkley 248KB
• ICC Annual Report 2009 1.2MB
• ICC Annual Report 2008 10.6MB
• ICC Annual Report 2007 632KB
• ICC Annual Report 2006 2MB

Keynote addresses at ICC Annual Meeting April '08

• Future of Marriage & Family Law in Ireland- David Quinn 2nd Apr 2008 32KB
• Marriage Breakdown Maps - Sept 2007 4.2MB
• Bishop Richard Clarke - response to David Quinn’s paper “The Future of Marriage and the family law in Ireland” 2nd Apr 2008 44KB

Some older ICC annual reports are available from the Inter-Church Centre on request

The Irish Inter-Church Meeting

• Churches together underline huge significance of baptism, Susan Gately for IICM 2009 57KB
• The Irish Inter-Church Meeting: Background and Developments (1998) 528KB
• Ministering to Inter-Church Couples: Help for Clergy (1999) 224KB
• Charta Oecumenica 92KB
• Churches together underline huge significance of baptism, Susan Gately for IICM 2009 57KB

3 presentations on the Charta Oecumenica by IICC 2006

• by Canon Ian Ellis 44KB
• by Rev Dr Tom Norris 36KB
• by Rev Prof Brendan Leahy 28KB

• The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things (2005) 696KB

This is a publication of the IICM Working Party on Spirituality, regarding the current challenges facing Christianity in Ireland in relating to Irish Society and culture. The title of the book is a quotation from Gerard Manley Hopkin’s poem “God’s grandeur”

• “European Challenges to Churches in Ireland” Rt. Rev. Msgr. Noel Treanor - IICM Nov '06 140KB

IICC Study day 2007

• Bilateral Dialogues – Dame Mary Tanner 92KB
• Methodist Roman Catholic International Commission – Gillian Kingston 28KB
• WARC–Roman Catholic Dialogue – Bishop Tony Farquhar 12KB
• Leuenberg Fellowshop – Prof JC McCullough 28KB
• Methodist-Anglican Dialogue – Rev Peter Thompson 48KB
• IICC Study Day – report by Friends representative Ian Woods 20KB

The Inter-Church Committee on Social Issues

The three resources below plus other excellent resources regarding social issues are available at the ICCSI web site: www.iccsi.ie

• Challenged by ignorance: Responding to Stranger in our midst – selected papers from the Conference held at Dromantine Nov '05
• Inter-Cultural Insights – Christian reflection on racism, hospitality and identity
• Research Project into Aspects of the Religious Life of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in the Republic of Ireland- produced for the Irish Council of Churches

• Reflections on Racism in Ireland – Bishop Michael Jackson - May 06 36KB

The Department of Social Issues

The Department of Social Issues was reconstituted as the Inter-Church Committee on Social Issues (ICCSI) in 2005.

• Recommendations of the Report of the Working Party on Sectarianism (1993) 104KB
• Roots of Sectarianism in Ireland (1993) Background paper by Dr. J. Liechty 364KB
• Young People and the Church (1990) 676KB
• The Challenge of the City (1990) 720KB

The Department of Theological Questions

• Salvation and Grace (1993) 172KB
• Ecumenical Principles (1993) 104KB

Inter-Church Reconciliation Fund for Ireland (ICRFI)

• A short record of the Inter-Church Reconciliation Fund for Ireland (ICRFI) 1974-2006 60KB

The Churches’ Peace Education Programme

Bible Study Material, Titles in the ‘What the Bible Says About...’ Series:

• What the Bible says about Peace 116KB
• What the Bible says about Violence 124KB
• What the Bible says about Justice 148KB
• What the Bible says about Reconciliation 156KB
• What the Bible says about Poverty 196KB
• What the Bible says about the Stranger 320KB

The Faith and Politics Group

The Faith and Politics Group was an independent inter-church group drawing its members from different Christian traditions.

• Boasting; Self-righteous Collective Superiority as a Cause of Conflict (1999) 368KB
• Transitions (2001) 264KB
• Time to Heal: Perspectives on Reconciliation (2002) 336KB
• Towards Peace and Stability? A Critical Assessment of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1988) 340KB
• Forgive us our Trespasses? Reconciliation & Political Healing in Northern Ireland (1996) 216KB
• Doing onto Others - Parity of esteem in a contested space (1997) 304KB
• Remembrance and Forgetting: Building a future in Northern Ireland (1998) 240KB

Resource by Dr David Stevens (past General Secretary)

• A Briefing Paper on Northern Ireland (2007 updated version)
  Includes information on the Churches in Ireland by Dr David Stevens 324KB

St. Patrick's Day Resources

• ‘An ecumenical liturgy to celebrate St Patrick’s Day’ (Dublin Council of Churches 2009). 48KB
• Prof. B. Leahy Keynote Speech Greenhills Ecumenical Conference 09 216KB

Other

• Partnership & Twinning - Some guidelines for local churches 52KB
• What is Ecumenism – essay by Alison Wallace 36KB
• Books on Ireland – A selected bibliography 2004 36KB
• Refugee Poster A4 56KB
• Orthodoxy in Ireland by Fr Godfrey O’Donnell May '06 12KB
• “God in a secular world” - His Excellency Francis Campbell, Ambassador to the Holy See, address at Greenhills Ecumenical Conference Jan ‘08 104KB
• Remembering the Past in Reconciliation - Ethnic & Religious Conflicts in Europe, Bishop W Huber, Dublin lecture for Council of Churches 17th May 2008 72KB
• Theological Reasons for Human Rights and their Consequences for the Ecumenical Process - Bishop W Huber, lecture for ISE at Trinity College Dublin 19 May 2008 64KB
• An Irish tribute to Chiara Lubich (1920 - 2008), founder of the Focolare Movement 20KB
• Directory of Migrant Churches by AICCMR 2.6 MB
• ‘Glimpses of another way’ — Michael Earle Gen Sec ICC 144KB
• Unity in diversity in our churches - a resource to assist local congregations with the integration of new residents into their faith communities on this island 2.6MB
• AGM talk on Alternatives to the Economic Crisis by Mark Gray 104KB
• Message of the Presidents of the WCC at Pentecost 2009 72KB
• ICC AGM 2009 keynote speech – Dr Lorna Gold 132KB
• God's call to Reconciliation: in Scripture and on the Streets 8MB
• What the Bible says about the Stranger 680KB
• The 32nd Kirchentag was held in late May in Bremen, Germany. Douglas Anderson (Presbyterian Church) and Rev Colin Campbell (Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church), representatives for Irish Council of Churches, report on their visit. 288KB
• 2010.Local Churches in Britain and Ireland Leaflet 2.3MB
• Ecumenical affirmations on Migration, Diversity and Interculturalism: Irish Inter Church Committee invites responses from their member churches in 2010 61KB
• “The time is right” — presentation by Robert Cochran to ECCR Conference, Dublin 5th March 2009 164KB
• The theological basis for the launch of Christian Aid’s ‘Poverty Over’ by Rev Prof James Haire at Dromantine on 16 October 2009 188KB

‘Above Us and Between Us’ is a new resource offered by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland to deepen interfaith dialogue and understanding between Christians and Muslims at the local or congregational level. Written by Peter Colwell, it provides a background commentary on the letter ‘A Common World between Us and You’ (published October 2007) that was signed by 138 Muslim scholars and religious leaders and addressed to Christian leaders around the world. That letter made an appeal to establish common ground for Christians and Muslims to come together around mutual acceptance of the centrality of ‘love of God and love of Neighbour.’ The CTBI resource traces the origins of the Letter, the responses made to date, the points of contention between the two faiths, the areas for dialogue, identifies basic guidelines for those who are new to Christian–Muslim dialogue, and suggests resources for further study and reading. It is available as a free download or in printed version for £5 from CTBI offices.

Available from Bookshops

• Brendan Leahy (ed.), Inter-Church Relations: Developments and Perspectives - A Tribute to Bishop Anthony Farquhar (Dublin: Veritas, 2008). It celebrates the commitment and sense of joy that Bishop Farquhar has brought to inter-Church relations over the twenty-five years of his episcopate. It discusses aspects of contemporary relations by presenting recent developments in both national and international dialogue and networking among Churches. Covering various inter-Church forums and dialogues, it also offers theological considerations on inter-Church relations and reflects on practical and spiritual ecumenism. Amazon.co.uk
• Conflict, Controversy and Co-operation: ‘The Irish Council of Churches and the Troubles’ 1968-1972 by Rev Dr N Taggart (Columba Press £6.99) - Amazon.co.uk
• Migration Principles - Statement for Churches working on Migration -
  £5.00 from CTBI