Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Bicentennial Celebrations in Portlaoise
Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Maryborough parish church, where the rector is the Revd Hilary Dungan, will be held in Portlaoise this weekend with special services, a concert, flower festival, art exhibitions, a children's pageant and a visit from the President.
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon there will be a Songs of Praise service introduced by Bryan Dobson, from RTÉ, who will interview a number of people associated with the parish. Among the interviewees will be Mr Keith Dungan, the Dublin Diocesan Secretary, whose grandfather, A.E. Childs, the celebrated stained glass artist, was responsible for one of the windows in St Peter?s Church.
On Monday President McAleese will visit St Peter?s Church and Maryborough School and in the evening there will be a concert by the Tullamore Gospel Choir.
A Bicentennial Eucharist and Service of Thanksgiving will be held on Wednesday when the celebrant will be the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory and the preacher the Archbishop of Dublin. Music will be provided by the travelling liturgical choir, Voxtrot, directed by Michael Finlay
This morning (Saturday) the CMS Ireland Autumn Fair will be held in All Saints, Raheny, parish hall on the Howth Road, Dublin, while this evening at 8 pm the second in the series of recitals to mark the refurbishment of the organ will be given in Christ Church Cathedral by Mark Duley. In Kilkenny College there will be a Mothers? Union Family Day and tomorrow evening (Sunday) in St Canice?s Cathedral, the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will preside at a Service of Commissioning of Diocesan and Parish Readers.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning Canon John Bartlett will mark the 40th anniversary of his ordination by celebrating the Eucharist in Christ Church Cathedral where he has been a distinguished member of the chapter and, following his retirement, a valued member of the clerical team. In St Patrick?s Cathedral, Armagh, the Primate will preach at the GFS Diocesan Festival Service and Commissioning of Officers.
On Wednesday in St Anne?s Cathedral, Belfast, Jennifer Bell will be ordained to the diaconate by the Bishop of Connor to serve as curate in the cathedral and to work with the chaplaincy teams in the Royal Group of Hospitals and in Belfast City Hospital. In Tamlaght the Bishop of Clogher will preside at a Special Service to mark 150 years of Derryvullen South parish church.
The Bishop of Cork will preside at the Cork, Cloyne & Ross Mothers? Union Diocesan Festival Service in St James? Church, Mallow, on Thursday evening while in Castleconnor parish church, Co. Sligo, the preacher at the Harvest Thanksgiving will be Canon Clive Southerton from the Church in Wales. Before the meeting of the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Councils there will be a presentation to Canon C. Garrett Walker who has retired from membership of the Councils and from the position of Dublin Lay Honorary Secretary which he has held with distinction for almost twenty years.
On Friday at 8 pm the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Service for Primary and Junior Schools will be held in Christ Church Cathedral where the Archbishop of Dublin will preside and the Rector of Clontarf, the Revd Derek Sargent will preach. In St Columba?s Church, Kells, Co., Meath, at 8 pm, there will be an Autumn Festival of Music in aid of Mental Awareness Ireland and church funds.
The Mothers? Union has appointed Mr Frank Lawrence as the new Administrative Officer for Ireland. He will work from St Michan?s Church, Dublin, and will be available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
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