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Bishops’ Appeal Funding Allocations June – September 2021

Thank you to everyone who responded so generously to our Covid Appeal and to our India Appeal and now to our Haiti Appeal.  We have allocated thousands over the past three months to programmes targeting extreme hunger as a result of Covid, or returns to school for the most vulnerable girls in communities in the […]

Bishops’ Appeal Supports Partner Agency Responses in Haiti

On Saturday 14 August, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti at Les Cayes, 75 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince. On Tuesday 16 August, Tropical Storm Grace hit Haiti, triggering flooding and mudslides complicating rescue efforts. Oxelia, a resident of Corail, was at home when the earthquake hit. “We screamed and ran outside into the […]

Bishops’ Appeal Emergency Covid Response in India

The Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal has released €10,000 (equivalent to around £8,600) in emergency funding to support two frontline agencies responding to India’s second coronavirus wave: Asha, a Christian charity working in communities in Delhi; and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Donations in support of this appeal can be made online or by post using the […]

Mother and Child Advent Appeal Talk

Listen to Education Advisor Lydia Monds share about the impact the Mother and Child supports will have on families in Nepal who don’t have access to food and are under threat of becoming malnourished.    

Gender Justice Statistics in Irish Churches 2018

In 2018, Vox Magazine conducted a nationwide survey of individuals from multiple churches to gather together the experiences of women in the church and to ascertain the views of church goers on various Gender Justice Issues. Ruth Garvey-Williams, the editor of Vox, highlighted some of the main findings of the subsequent report in her presentation […]

Mother and Child Advent Appeal

Thank you for your support of the work of Bishops’ Appeal in the most challenging of times.  Here is a link to our Advent Appeal aptly focusing and mother’s and babies, to ensure they get enough food, can give birth safely, have adequate shelter and can provide for their children in crisis situations. Bishops Appeal Advent […]