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Wednesday 18 April 2018 Advertising charges for material submitted in addition to the routine diocesan and parish submissions will apply. Killyhevlin Hotel 7.30pm Ordering your magazine If parishes wish to alter the number of magazines ordered each month, please inform Mrs. Barbara Ingram on 028 66 388306. Proceeds in Aid of Rossorry Parish Repair Fund Front Cover Admission £10.00 The group from Clogher Diocese on the Holy Land pilgrimage, make their way to see the Garden Tomb in Israel which has special significance this Easter weekend. 3 A NOTE FROM THE BISHOP The Rt Revd John McDowell The See House, 152a Ballagh Road, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone. BT75 0QP Tel: 028 895 22461 Email: [email protected] long gone (if they ever existed) when seen as circumstances where abortion the Church would try to tell people what could be considered as justified. In view they should take on any ethical every situation, however, the church question, especially one as complex seeks to o©er pastoral care sensitive as abortion. Also, it is the particular to the physical, mental and spiritual approach of the Church of Ireland wellbeing of women and families that every person not only has a right who find themselves in such dicult to make up their own mind on moral situations. issues but that they also have a duty With respect to current proposals: to do so. In his Cross, Resurrection y We favour a modification of the and Ascension, and by the gift of the Article 40.3.3 in such a way that Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ opened a way allows for the Oireachtas to have for every person into the heart of the legislative responsibility to address Father. The Church cannot coerce any termination of pregnancy, any rights person’s conscience. of the unborn and the rights of the At this time of year I usually write What the Church can do is to summarise pregnant woman within clearly something about the significance and the principles (drawn from Scripture and defined boundaries and parameters. the joy of the Resurrection of Jesus the historical teaching of the Church, y We recognise the dilemma Christ from the dead. In past years’ often supplemented by scientific faced both by legislators and by contributions I have often referred to knowledge) which provide the basis on medical, nursing and healthcare St. Paul’s great armation that the which a decision can be made and leave practitioners with regards to access Resurrection is God’s “Yes” to his it then for individuals to come to their to unrestricted abortion during the creation; that despite the cost to himself, own decisions. early months of pregnancy. However, he has brought created life to the So, I want to start with the Statement unrestricted access to abortion in fulfilment which his love desires. issued by the Archbishops of Armagh the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, or This year I want to talk about that and Dublin not long after it was indeed at any stage, is not an ethical armation of life in a di©erent context; confirmed that a Referendum would be position we can accept. that of the Referendum on the Eighth held in the Republic. y We would suggest that current Amendment to the Constitution of The following statement is from legislation should be strengthened Ireland relating to abortion which is The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, to ensure that the needs of pregnant soon take place. I hope that what I Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All women facing dicult situations have to say will have some relevance Ireland, and The Most Revd Dr Michael can be addressed quickly and for people in Northern Ireland too, as Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and comprehensively through improved the subject has been a matter of much Primate of Ireland: support services. This will require debate there also. “The tradition of the Church of Ireland significant and sustained investment But before going any further the first would reject an unrestricted access in both medical and mental health thing I want to say is that this is a matter to abortion, while being concerned services. of immense complexity and poses many to ensure provision for hopefully rare y We acknowledge that too often in dilemmas. The life situations which the circumstances and in a secure medical this debate the voice of women has debate around “the Eighth” impinge setting. Where individuals draw such not been heard. The church