Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Clerical Manoeuvres
The clerical landscape is constantly changing as retirements and resignations produce vacancies and ordinations begin new career paths.
The Revd Leonard Madden has been appointed as the new Rector of Christ Church, Bray, in the Diocese of Dublin. Dr Madden is a graduate of University College Cork, where he taught in the Department of English. He was ordained to the diaconate in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, in 2020, following which he served as Deacon Intern in Blessington union of parishes. Since 2021 he has served as Curate Assistant in Limerick city parish.
Elsewhere in the Diocese of Dublin following the recent ordinations to the priesthood three curate assistants have been appointed. The Revd Caroline Brennan will serve in Kilternan, the Revd Mike Buchanan in Rathfarnham and the Revd Dr Matthew McCauley in St Bartholomew’s, Clyde Road.
In the Diocese of Down & Dromore, the Revd Ian McGrath, curate assistant in Shireshead & Ellen in the Diocese of Blackburn, is to be Rector of Knocknamuckley in succession to the Revd Geoff Haugh who is now Rector of Dervock in the Diocese of Connor, and the Revd Peter Hilton, curate assistant in Newtownards, is to be Rector of Helen’s Bay succeeding Canon Tim Kinahan who has retired.
In Cork, the Revd Peter Tarleton, formerly Rector of the Portlaoise group of parishes in the Diocese of Leighlon, is to be the resident chaplain at Kingston College, Midleton.
Organ recitals at St Fin Barre’s cathedral, Cork, will be held every Friday lunchtime during the month of August. Everyone is welcome and admission on the door is €10. Each will begin at 1.10pm. The series will begin on today (Friday) with Judit Máté from St Michael’s Church, Dún Laoghaire, performing works by Hungarian composers, Stanford and Andrew Synott.
On Tuesday in St Mary’s cathedral Limerick, there will be a free lunchtime concert at 1.15pm when pianist, Seamus Tse, will play music by Haydn, Bartok and Chopin.
The Church and Society Commission’s Housing Needs and Community Assessment Survey seeks to assess and highlight how the housing crisis in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is affecting the people and community of the Church of Ireland and the implications for the future of the Church of Ireland. The responses will help to inform the Church and Society Commission in its advocacy and will identify potential targeted improvement strategies or actions.
Archbishop Michael Jackson, who chairs the Commission, remarked “Home is where the heart is … it may seem predictable, it may look obvious. But what if you or a member of your family or your neighbour has no home? Their life is fractured and so is yours. Homelessness; property; housing are on the agenda for us all. Inadequate housing provision affects everyone in society by the domino effect of exclusion, alienation, anger and injustice.”
The survey will be launched at the end of August with responses collected until early October.
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times