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Violence and fire-lighting is not the way forward

Michael McFarland Campbell

My thoughts and prayers are with all Alliance Party representative and their staff at this difficult time following the decision by Belfast City Council to fly the Union Flag on designated days. Reports are coming in this evening that a constituency office for Stewart Dickson MLA, the Alliance representative for East Antrim has been set on fire. According to the BBC the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service are at the scene. As with the protest yesterday that forced Naomi Long MP‘s office to close early, all that these actions will do will be to stop local people from getting … Continue reading Violence and fire-lighting is not the way forward

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The healing tongue: Irish learners in Belfast finding common heritage and common ground

Michael McFarland Campbell

The healing tongue: Irish learners in Belfast finding common heritage and common ground. Continue reading The healing tongue: Irish learners in Belfast finding common heritage and common ground

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paying our respects – PA MagLochlainn

Michael McFarland Campbell

PA MagLochlainn’s funeral mass will be in Dungiven at 10am on Saturday. Belfast people can pay their respects in O’Kane’s funeral parlour from 3pm today. Suggestion is allow the family to be there first and gather after 4. The top bar in Union Street has been opened by Andre Graham to allow people to gather there. Continue reading paying our respects – PA MagLochlainn

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Those present when a pink triangle wreath was laid at the Cenotaph, Belfast.

can the LGBT community stop self-stigmatising and join the general remembrance please?

Michael McFarland Campbell

  November is a month of remembrance, from the Christian celebrations of All Saints and All Souls on the first and second days of the month respectively, through the almost continual prayers for the Holy Souls at Mass during the … Continue reading can the LGBT community stop self-stigmatising and join the general remembrance please?

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A liturgical nightmare and the holy motorists

Michael McFarland Campbell

Just as Evensong finished in St George’s there was a series of explosions outside. So much so that a large group of the congregation gathered in the Narthex to find out what was going on. It was no problem it was just the Hallowe’en Firework display starting from next to the Lagan. Today has been a liturgical nightmare for some of us. What day do we celebrate? According to the 1962 Calendar in the Roman Rite it is the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (White or Gold hangings). In the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite it … Continue reading A liturgical nightmare and the holy motorists

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Judith Cochrane MLA’s answer on why she was absent from chamber for #equalmarriageni vote yesterday

Michael McFarland Campbell

Just been speaking to Judith Cochrane MLA, one of three Alliance Party MLAs unable to bring themselves to be present in The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday for the Marriage Equality vote. I asked her: “Can you tell me why you were absent from the chamber yesterday for the Equal Marriage vote?” Her response is below. I am sorry if you feel that I let you down yesterday. I have many friends in the LGBT community both in NI and further afield whom I care about deeply but who accept that I believe that marriage is between a man and a … Continue reading Judith Cochrane MLA’s answer on why she was absent from chamber for #equalmarriageni vote yesterday

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A message to all the MLAs in Stormont #equalmarriage #religiousfreedom

Michael McFarland Campbell

On Monday 1 October there is a motion in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Equal Marriage: That this Assembly believes that all couples, including those of the same sex, should have the right to marry in the eyes of the … Continue reading A message to all the MLAs in Stormont #equalmarriage #religiousfreedom

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No road signage but plenty of signs of the Ulster Covenant commemoration

Michael McFarland Campbell

This morning I have been walking up what later on will be the Ulster Covenant Centenary Parade route. I’m heading to the capital, Dublin, for the day for a meeting in Molesworth Street. However, one thought particularly struck me as I walked up the Upper Newtownards Road in Belfast. The parade organisers have no signs up telling motorists and others that it is a major parade route. If this were London this would almost certainly have been done. There are signs that it is a parade route—lots of Union Flags flying at half-lamppost! Continue reading No road signage but plenty of signs of the Ulster Covenant commemoration

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