Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 5 June 2010Ordinations in Armagh, Connor and Dublin
Next Friday, the Feast of St Barnabas, there will be ordinations to the diaconate the Diocese of Connor and ordinations to the priesthood in the Dioceses of Armagh and Dublin .
In St Nicholas' Church, Carrickfergus, four deacons will be made by Bishop Gordon McMullan, who is covering for the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, who is on sick leave. Peter Ferguson will be ordained for the curacy of Carrickfergus and Brian Lacey for the curacy of Ballymena. Trevor Kelly and Brian Howe will be ordained to serve in the non-stipendiary ministry in Craigs and Ballymoney respectively.
In St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, Canon Bruce Ruddock, Precentor of Peterborough Cathedral, will preach at the ordination of four priests by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Alan Harper. The Revd John McLoughlin is curate in St Mark's, Armagh, the Revd Elizabeth Cairns is curate of St Columba's, Portadown, and the Revd Amelia McWilliams and the Revd William Anderson serve in the non-stipendiary ministry.
The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill, will ordain the Revd Suzanne Harris to the priesthood in St Philip & St James' church, Booterstown. Ms Harris, who serves in the non-stipendiary ministry, is chaplain in Newpark Comprehensive School.
Today (Saturday) St Patrick's Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in association with Pipeworks, will host an organ marathon from 10am to 4pm and this will be followed, at 6.30pm, by a recital of music for Corpus Christi by Resurgam in St Patrick's. At 7pm at the Upper Lake in Glendalough there will be a ecumenical gathering to celebrate the Feast of St Kevin at the spiritual home of the Diocese of Glendalough.
Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) the Fermanagh Churches Forum will host' Walking Together Around the Churches of Lisbellaw'. This follows hard on the publication of Four West Clogher Churches , a history of the Church of Ireland parishes of Garrison, Slavin, Belleek and Kiltyclogher which has been written by Valerie Irwin from Garrison, sister of Canon George Irwin, Rector of Ballymacash in the Diocese of Connor.
On Tuesday evening in St Colman's Church, Farahy, Co. Cork, there will be a concert by the Carducci String Quartet and on Wednesday evening in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the assistant organist, David Leigh, will give the second in a series of Louis Vierne recitals.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by the soprano, Emma English, who will sing works by Mahler and Schumann. In the evening in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Urnai na Nona will be said at 5pm and this will be followed by the AGM of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (the Irish Guild of the Church).
Next Friday the annual weekend retreat of the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer will begin in St Columban's House, Navan, Co. Meath. The witness will be Canon Leslie Crampton, assisted by Carol Casey.
The Bishops' Appeal has reported that €172,662 and £58,378 has been contributed to the Haiti disaster relief appeal. Christian Aid, the Bishops' Appeal partners, has indicated that the funds have been well used - they have been directly reaching 150,000 affected people. Rations, medicine kits and temporary shelters are among the items provided. Now the challenge is not only to address the immediate needs of the population but to equip them for the rainy season that stretches ahead. The Bishops' Appeal Committee is profoundly grateful for this support for Haiti and trusts that this generosity will be maintained throughout the year.