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  From Mayo to Cairo: Initial insights on an Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage Many of you will be aware of this event which has been worked towards and anticipated for approximately a year. For those who are curious, here is a little information and some insights on the journey to date. A week-long  Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage , organised by the Church of Ireland's Inter Faith Working Group with Church Missionary Society Ireland , is underway in Cairo. The team consists of ten people - Christians and Muslims - all living in Ireland. The packed programme includes undertaking a 'Learning Journey' organised and overseen by the Centre for Christian Muslim Understanding and Peace (' CCMUP'). You can read about the history of CCMUP, and a little about the lecturers, below.  The pilgrimage is making time to take in the main tourist sights, including the Pyramids and Sphynx, the Grand Museum (designed by an irish architect), plus to visit Alexandria and a coptic church a...

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. A "great dinner" in Cairo Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage 2 November 2026. (More below.) Please note  that there are no midweek services this week (tomorrow, Wed, 4 Nov, morning and evening) and also on the morning of 11 Nov when there will be a special service for the Community in Christchurch Castlebar to mark Remembrance Day.    Today’s gospel      Luke 14:15-24 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him [Jesus], ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’   Then Jesus  said to him,   ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, “Come; for everything is ready now.” But they all alike began to make excuses.   The first said to him, “I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my apologies.” Another said, “I hav...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  COI-CMSI Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage to Cairo, November 2026 Today’s gospel      Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank  you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.  All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’   Sacred Space A helpful devotional aid can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-pr...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Services today  in the Aughaval Parishes,  All Saints' Day,  The Eucharist Presiding and preaching, Revd Canon Cecil Mills Sun, 10am in Christchurch Castlebar Sun, 11.30am in  Holy Trinity Westport The Beatitudes Stairs of MEEI church Photo, James Emery, Douglasville Creative Commons Attribute CC BY 2.0 via   Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35132465 Today’s gospel      Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus  saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:   ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ‘Blessed are the merc...