Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Primate in Rome
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell, attended the recent inauguration of Pope Leo XIV as part of a delegation of Primates and other representatives from the Anglican Communion.
The delegation was led by Archbishop Leonard Dawea, Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, and the other Primates attending were Archbishop Sean Rowe (Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church) and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba (Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa).
It also included Archbishop Stephen Cottrell (Archbishop of York), Canon Maggie Swinson (Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council), Bishop Anthony Poggo (Secretary General of the Anglican Communion), Kathleen Snow (Worldwide President of Mothers’ Union).
Archbishop McDowell said that he was delighted to be at the ceremony. He remarked: “The relationship between Catholics and Anglicans in Ireland is very strong and these occasions, in a way, almost do more than the theological dialogues to cement the partnership and the Gospel between the Churches.” The delegation’s symbolic attendance at the inauguration Mass, he added, was “of tremendous significance for Anglicans and for Catholics.”
Subsequently Archbishop McDowell was among the Primates of the Anglican Communion who attended an audience with Pope Leo XIV. The meeting was held at the Vatican in the Apostolic Palace, where Pope Leo XIV received in audience the representatives of other Churches and ecclesial communities, and of other religions, present in Rome for the Eucharistic Celebration for the beginning of his ministry in this role.
Two new titles in the Braemor Studies series were launched recently in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
The Revd Andrew Neill, now curate in Drumachose in the Diocese of Derry, considers ‘Exploration and Meaning. Considering Faith Formation in Children Aged 6–11’ and the Revd Cameron Mack, curate in St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, addresses the subject of ‘The Collision of Words. Counter–Formation Through Interactivity with Scripture in Deuteronomy and the Daily Office’.
The Braemor Studies series was an initiative of the General Synod’s Literature Committee which sought to encourage theological writing among the clergy. It was suggested that the best dissertation from the final year ordinands in the the Theological institute should be published. The Institute would arrange the selection and the Literature Committee would arrange for the funding and would oversee the copy editing, printing and publishing under the Church of Ireland Publishing imprint.
So far, seventeen titles have been published and copies are available from the Institute, RCB Library and from the on–line store on the Church of Ireland website.
This lunchtime (Friday) Summer Music in Sandford continues in Sandford parish church, Ranelagh, when at 1.10pm the pianist, Rachel Gauci, will play. In the evening, at 6pm, Choral Compline will be sung by members of the parish choir.
In Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, on Monday evening the Spring Organ Recital Series will continue at 6pm when the guest organist will be James Gough from London’s Southwark cathedral.
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times