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30.04.2012

Inaugural Eco–Congregation Conference Announced

Eco–Congregation Ireland has announced details of its inaugural conference which takes place in Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, near Newry, County Down, on September 14 and 15.

The speakers will be Professor David Horrell of Exeter University; Dr Alastair McIntosh, Professor of Human Ecology a the University of Strathclyde and Fellow of the Centre for Human Ecology; Revd Peter Owen–Jones, author and TV pesenter; Dr Anne Primavesi, Fellow of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, Birkbeck College, University of London; and Professor Stephen Williams of Union Theological College, Belfast.
 
Workshop topics will include God’s creation and poetry, sustainable living and spirituality, Celtic spirituality, Ecology and the Eucharist, climate change, ethical investments, ecology and the economy, and helping children and young people nurture respect for the earth.
 
Workshop facilitators will include Dr Una Agnew SSL, Rev Grace Clunie, Robert Cochran, Mary Kate Hagan RSM, Alex Hill, Dr Alastair McIntosh, Hugh O’Donnell SDB, Rev Peter Owen–Jones and Tony Weekes. Members of Fitzroy Caring for Creation group will also lead a session on ‘how to become an eco–congregation’.
 
For further information on the conference and details of how to book log onto ecocongregationireland.com

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