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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012

Pied Beauty

  ℣ Laudetur Jesus Christus ℟ In æternum! Amen. Pied Beauty Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. GLORY be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough; And áll trádes, their gear and tackle […]

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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012

Fear Not

There are good reasons to be afraid. A few years ago, I was walking from town to the Clonard area where I was living. It was late at night, and I had spent my money on a few pints with friends. I realised as I was leaving town that my mobile phone was out of […]

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Belfast Pride 2012 News

Christians Support Belfast Pride Parade

We are all used to hearing about the anti-gay Christian protestors at the Belfast Pride parade. Faith and Pride is about showing you can be gay and Christian, so in conjunction with Accepting Sexuality and Changing Attitude Ireland, we are organising something different this year. We are going to get together a group of Christians […]

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Welcoming the Neighbour

This is the text of the talk given by Pádraig O’Tuama at the launch of the Changing Attitude Ireland Parish Welcoming Leaflet on Thursday 17 May 2012. I remember once, going into a Christian bookshop in Belfast, and looking through the bookshelves. I found a book entitled “How to speak to my homosexual neighbour”. I flipped through […]

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Affirmation News

St George’s Welcome

I was at the Parish Church of Saint George in Belfast this morning and I was pleased to see copies of the parish welcome leaflet which is being launched on Thursday. The title of the leaflet is If someone in your family is gay or lesbian – what your church family can do to offer support. […]

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Meetings News

IDAHO Services 2012

Changing Attitude Ireland is hosting several events for IDAHO (the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) this week. Date Time Details Sunday, 13 May 2012 11.00 a.m. St Annes, Shandon, Cork Eucharist Speaker: Clive Davis Sunday, 13 May 2012 3.30 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Speaker: Revd. Sandra Pragnell Sunday, 13 May 2012 4.00 p.m. […]

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