Irish Times Notes18 Apr 25

Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’

Search Colloquium

After Easter, every other year, the Church of Ireland journal, Search, organizes a colloquium in association with the Chaplaincy in Trinity College. Dublin. This year the colloquium will be held on Saturday 17 May in the TCD School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies. The theme will be ‘Invitations to Christian Commitment. Transformative Faith for the 21st Century’

Starting at 10am and continuing until 5.30pm the colloquium will explore various avenues through which believers can open their arms to enquirers and spiritual explorers, making all comers feel truly welcome without subjecting them to any pressure. Benefits to be found in cathedrals, university chaplaincies, local communities, pilgrimages and fresh styles of parish worship will all be explored, with a distinguished team of experienced and forward–looking speakers.

The Revd Prof Leslie Francis, and Very Revd Shane Forster, Dean of Armagh, will speak on cathedral initiatives, while on the subject of university chaplaincies the speakers will the Revd Darren McCallig, former Chaplain in TCD, and Revd Scott Evans, Chaplain in UCD.

The theme of ‘Pursuing Social Justice and Compassion’ will be addressed by Kevin Hargaden from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, and Fr Jim Caffrey, Parish Priest of the Dublin parish of Balally. The final session, ‘Behold the Spirit – a renewed Pentecost?’ will have contributions from Ruth Gyves, from Holy Trinity parish, Rathmines, on Informal Worship, and the Archdeacon of Limerick, the Very Revd Simon Lumby on Pilgrimage.

Early booking is advised, through Eventbrite.  A light lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments are included in the cost of €40 / £35 or €20 / £18 for students and seniors.

Today, Good Friday, the Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt Revd Michael Burrows, will make a pilgrimage across the diocese called ‘From Killala to Kenmare’. Starting at Killala at 8:30am, he will travel across the diocese stopping outside 15 different churches to deliver a reflection based on Christ’s path to the Cross.  The final station on this pilgrimage will be at 9:50pm in Kenmare where the final reflection will be delivered.  All are welcome to join the Bishop on any part of this pilgrimage from Killala to Kenmare. Further details of the times and locations can be found on the website: www.tlk.ie

On Easter Day the bishops, by tradition, preach in their diocesan cathedrals. In the many cathedraled  Diocese of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory, the Rt Revd. Adrian Wilkinson will preach in St Canice’s cathedral, Kilkenny, while the similarly blessed Bishop of Tuam, Limerick & Killaloe, the Rt Revd Michael Burrows, will be in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick. In the National Cathedral of St Patrick, by tradition the Easter preacher is the Dean, Dr William Morton. In St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, which is a cathedral for the Diocese of Connor and the Diocese of Down & Dromore, the Easter Day preacher will be the Dean of Belfast, the Very Revd Stephen Forde.