Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Dean of Christ Church to Teach in America
Next month the Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, the Very Revd John Paterson, will begin a four week residency at Nashotah House, Wisconsin, where he will lead twenty-four sessions of study under the general title "Profiles of the Giants in Anglican Liturgy". He will take up the position of Visiting Professor in Liturgics at the seminary's annual summer school. The summer courses at Nashotah combine over a three year period to form a degree course.
Nashotah House is one of the oldest major seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States and was founded in 1850 to provide training for ministry in the Catholic Anglican tradition. Its campus occupies a large site in rural Wisconsin about two hours north-west of Chicago.
Today (Saturday) the 25th anniversary of the ordination of Canon John Crawford, Vicar of the St Patrick's Cathedral group of parishes, will be marked by a celebration of the Eucharist in St Audeon's Church, Dublin, where the address will be given by the former Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd James Moore. In Christ Church Cathedral Evensong for the Feast of St Peter will feature specially edited choral music from the Tudor period using two Tudor organs. The music will include settings by Byrd, Tomkins and Gibbons. The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe will ordain to the diaconate Louise Crawford for the curacy of Drumragh and John Deane who will serve as an auxiliary deacon in the diocese.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 10.45 RTE will broadcast a reflection in words and music by Canon Desmond Sinnamon, Rector of Taney, and his wife Jennifer, on the theme of their recent time in the Middle East. BBC Radio Ulster will broadcast Morning Prayer and Litany from St John's Church, Newcastle, Co. Down, where the rector is Canon Ian Ellis, editor of the Church of Ireland Gazette. The final ordinations for Petertide take place in Christ Church Cathedral tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon when the Archbishop of Dublin will raise four deacons to the priesthood - the Revd Sonia Gyles, curate of Taney, Revd François Murenzi, curate of Bray, Revd Sandra Pragnell, curate of Castleknock, and the Revd Olivia Williams, curate of Greystones.
From Monday until next Sunday the services in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will be sung by the Choir of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Cathedral Choir begin a short visit to Paris on Friday where they will sing at masses in the Basilica of Sacré Coeur in Montmartre on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday morning they will give a concert in Notre Dame and the trip will conclude with morning service and a concert in the American Church.
On Wednesday at 2.45 pm the Annual Service of Thanksgiving with Re-dedication of Intercessors of the Church's Ministry of Healing will take place in St Michan's Church, Dublin, where the address will be given by the Revd Andrew Orr, Rector of Castleknock. Later, at 8.00 pm, the curate of Castleknock, the Revd Sandra Pragnell, will celebrate the Eucharist for the first time, following her ordination to the priesthood, at the Patronal Festival of St Thomas' Church, Mulhuddart, which is part of the Castleknock union of parishes.
On Thursday the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will be conferred with an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Ulster.
The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory has appointed Canon Paul Mooney as Archdeacon of Ferns in succession to the Ven. Kenneth Wilkinson who has retired from the stipendiary ministry. Archdeacon Mooney has been Rector of New Ross since 1998 and was previously curate of Galway.