Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 23 May 2009
New CIP Publication
A new booklet from Church of Ireland Publishing has recently appeared. Working Out the Covenant. A Shared Spiritual Heritage is the third booklet which CIP has produced for the Covenant Council of the Church of Ireland and the Methodist Church in Ireland, and like the previous two, has been designed by the Church of Ireland Publications Officer, Dr Susan Hood. It was distributed earlier this month at the General Synod and will be available at the Methodist Conference next month.
Working Out the Covenant, which has been edited and partly written by Gillian Kingston, includes valuable sections, by the Revd Dudley Levistone Cooney, on the prayers and hymns of John and Charles Wesley, a copy of the Covenant Service, the text of the Covenant, and, as an appendix, the order of services which was used at Chrome Hill, Co. Antrim, in September 2002, when the Covenant was signed by the then leaders of the two churches, Archbishop Robin Eames and the Revd Winston Graham.
The Covenant Council encourages and helps to facilitate joint schemes of work between the churches; raises awareness of the Covenant through an ongoing process of education and information sharing; and is engaged in significant theological dialogue on the questions of espicope and episcopacy. Details of its ongoing work, and all relevant documents can be accessed through the Council’s website – www.covenantcouncil.com/
Copies of Working Out the Covenant are available from the Resource Centre Bookshop,
Holy Trinity Church, Church Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin 6 and from the Good Bookshop, 61-67 Donegall Street, Belfast at €6/£5.
Today (Saturday) in Leighlinbridge Community Centre, Co.Carlow, the Diocese of Cashel & Ossory will host an Eco Awareness Information Seminar which has been organized by the Diocesan Environment Committee. The seminar will address topics such as climate change, alternative energy, government regulations and grants, and wildlife and fauna awareness. The seminar follows the publications of a diocesan green charter which was launched at the diocesan synod last October.
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3.30pm the Annual Open Air Service of Praise and Thanksgiving will be held in St Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffin, which is part of the Malahide group of parishes. The preacher will be the former Archdeacon of Glendalough, the Ven. Edgar Swann and the music will be provided by the 1st Coy Boys’ Brigade Brass Band. At 4pm there will be a Summer Service in Templeconnor Church, Clonmacnoise.
In St Stephen’s Church, Dublin, tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 6.30pm there will be a Liturgical Welcome Ceremony for the Revd Victor Fitzpatrick whom the Archbishop of Dublin will licence as curate in St Ann’s and St Stephen’s where the rector is the Revd David Gillespie. Mr Fitzpatrick has spent the last year in studying in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
The Meath & Kildare clergy will have a retreat next Monday and Tuesday in the Dominican Priory, Tallaght, where the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, will reflect on ‘Shadows of Faith’. On Tuesday the Derry & Raphoe Clergy Conference begins in Ballybofey and continues until. Thursday.
In St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, on Wednesday evening the Revd Jim Campbell, Rector of St Mark’s, Portadown, will be installed as Prebendary of Loughgall. At the same service Canon Colin Moore will be installed as Chancellor and Canon John McKegney as Treasurer.
On Friday evening in St Columba’s Church, Tullow, the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will institute the Revd Andrew Orr as rector. Mr Orr has been Rector of Castleknock in the Diocese of Dublin since 2000.