Contact details

About the Episcopal Commission on Ecumenism

• the Inter-Church Meeting www.irishchurches.org
• the Inter-Church Committee
• the Standing Committee on Mixed Marriages
• Churches Together in Britain and Ireland www.ctbi.org.uk

• Working Group of the World Council of Churches www.oikoumene.org
• Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) www.vatican.va
• International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM)
• PCPCU Dialogue with the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)

Members of the Episcopal Commission on Ecumenism

Advisory Committee on Ecumenism

The Bishops' Conference Advisory Committee on Ecumenism was set up after the Second Vatican Council that saw the restoration of unity among all Christians as one of its principal concerns.

All Diocesan Officers are members of the Advisory Committee along with others appointed by the Bishops' Conference to the Committee based on their competence and experience in the ecumenical field. Bishop Anthony Farquhar is currently the Chairman. Professor Brendan Leahy is the secretary to the Committee.

The Committee is an advisory body to the Bishops on ecumenical affairs in Ireland and maintains contact with the the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, Rome.

The Advisory Committee's work is carried out mainly at the local level by individual ecumenical officers. It meets once a year to review ecumenical developments and share news.

Click on the above image to view a short video report on proceedings at the 2009 Greenhills Ecumenical Conference, at which Rev Prof Brendan Leahy was keynote speaker.