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United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough

March 2013

Irish and European Churches Meet Irish EU Presidency

Members of the Irish and European Churches with the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, in Government Buildings in Dublin on March 8. The meeting with the Irish EU Presidency was organised by the Irish Council of Churches on behalf of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Churches and carried on the tradition of regular encounters between churches and successive EU Presidencies. Pictured (l–r) are Revd Fr Godfrey O’Donnell, President of the Irish Council of Churches and Chair of the Orthodox Network of Churches; Dr Nicola Rooney, Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Episcopal Conference; Bishop William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne; An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny; Archbishop Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin; Gillian Kingston, Lay Leader of the Methodist Church in Ireland; Fr Patrick Daly, General Secretary of Comece; Michael Kuhn, Vice General Secretary of Comece; Revd Frank–Dieter Fischbach, Executive Secretary of CEC–Church and Society Commission; Mervyn McCullagh Executive Officer, Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter Church Meeting; and Dr Kenneth Milne, Coordinator of European Engagement Group of the Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter Church Meeting.
Members of the Irish and European Churches with the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, in Government Buildings in Dublin on March 8. The meeting with the Irish EU Presidency was organised by the Irish Council of Churches on behalf of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Churches and carried on the tradition of regular encounters between churches and successive EU Presidencies. Pictured (l–r) are Revd Fr Godfrey O’Donnell, President of the Irish Council of Churches and Chair of the Orthodox Network of Churches; Dr Nicola Rooney, Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Episcopal Conference; Bishop William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne; An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny; Archbishop Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin; Gillian Kingston, Lay Leader of the Methodist Church in Ireland; Fr Patrick Daly, General Secretary of Comece; Michael Kuhn, Vice General Secretary of Comece; Revd Frank–Dieter Fischbach, Executive Secretary of CEC–Church and Society Commission; Mervyn McCullagh Executive Officer, Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter Church Meeting; and Dr Kenneth Milne, Coordinator of European Engagement Group of the Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter Church Meeting.
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