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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Christ Church Installation
Tomorrow (Saturday) the Very Revd Tom O’Brien will be installed as the next Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in succession to the Very Revd Dermot Dunne who has retired. He will also be instituted as Rector of the Christ Church Cathedral group of parishes.
The new dean is familiar with the workings of Christ Church having been Canon Treasurer since 2024 and is a member of the cathedral’s Finance Committee.
He worked for many years in a variety of capacities in the HSE across the communities of North County Dublin and in other roles within the HSE at a high level and continued in the HSE in tandem with ordained ministry for a considerable period. Most recently he has served as the Minister in St James’s Church Crinken. Building on the inheritance of his predecessors, he opened up new pathways of every–member–ministry including the embracing of Pioneer Ministry in the expanding area of Shanganagh. He has also one of the Directors of Ordinands for the Diocese of Dublin & Glendalough.
As part of the Sandford 200 celebrations Sandford parish church, Ranelagh is hosting a Harvest Celebration of Faith Flowers and Community which will be officially opened by broadcaster, Miriam O’Callaghan, this evening (Friday) at 5pm, The display in Sandford church will be open today (Friday), 11 am – 3 pm, tomorrow (Saturday) 11 am – 4 pm and Sunday 10 am – 2 pm. There will be a Harvest Choral Evensong on Sunday at 5 pm when the preacher will be the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell
In Belfast tomorrow (Saturday) at 12.30 there will be a lunchtime recital in St Columba’s church, Knock, with Rachael Heater (voice),and Rosalie Curlett (cello); Lynda Barrett (voice) and Gail Evans( piano)
The annual Michaelmas New Law Tem Service will be held in St Michan’s church, Dublin, on Monday at 10.15am. The Archbishop of Dublin will preside and the address will be given by Rory Montgomery , Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union.
The autumn conference of the Church of Ireland Historical Society will be held in the Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin on Saturday 10 October.
In the morning session, beginning at 11am, writer, Julie Parson, will speak on ‘”People like us”, my Church of Ireland family. Adventurers, Cromwellians, clergy, doctors, shop keepers, tenant farmers, soldiers and musicians. An exploration of identity and belonging.’ At 12 noon Cormac Allen will investigate the ecclesiastical oeuvre of the architectural practice of John Semple and Son, and in particular the constructional techniques employed in four corbel–vaulted churches at Killeshin, Rathmines, Abbeyleix and St Mary’s Chapel of Ease, Dublin.’
The afternoon session will begin at 2.15pm when the Andrew Pierce will speak on ‘George Tyrell (1861–1909): “The Travails of an Irish Gentleman in Search of Religion”’. The conference will conclude with Bridget Pierce’s paper on ‘The 1926 Prayer Book of the Church of Ireland: Doctrine, Devotion and Duty’.