A special service held on Racial Justice Sunday (8th February) in Belfast Cathedral marks the Church of Ireland’s clear commitment to promoting inclusivity and equality. The service was conducted in seven different languages, and incorporated liturgy and hymns that reflected themes of globalism, togetherness, and positive growth, in the hope that the Church should (in the words of preacher The Reverend Eileen Cremin) be a ‘shining example of what justice should look like’. Racial Justice Sunday was first marked in Britain in 1995, as an initiative of the Methodist Church in response to the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and has subsequently been promoted by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI). Since 2017, it has been held on the second Sunday of February. In 2025, the Church of Ireland General Synod approved a resolution encouraging each diocese to hold one Racial Justice Sunday service in a format and venue of its...