Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Women?s World Day of Prayer
Next Friday has been designated as Women?s World Day of Prayer and the form of service which will be used at services throughout Ireland and across the world has been prepared by the women of Poland. The service will be televised by RTE tomorrow (Sunday) at 11.15 am when the preacher will be Major Margaret Fozzard from the Salvation Army.
The movement which became the Women?s World Day of Prayer began in the USA in 1887 and was formalized in 1920. The first services in Ireland were held in Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Greystones in 1934 and an International Committee was formed in 1967.
Men are very welcome to the services which are organized and led by women. The hymn The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended is sung at every service in Ireland and it includes
much of the ethos of the movement.
Further information may be had from the Secretary, Valerie Duncan at 087-6400542, or from the Publicity Officer, Catherine Murtagh, at 01-2850219.
Another force for articulating the role of women in the Church is the Mothers? Union which this week has a visit from Josephine Rwaja from Rwanda, who is a General Trustee of the MU. She has already visited the dioceses of Down & Dromore and Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh and today (Saturday) she will address MU leaders from all the Church of Ireland?s dioceses at the College of Education in Rathmines. On Monday evening she will speak in St Peter?s parish hall, Londonderry.
Today (Saturday) the Tuam, Killala & Achonry Board of Education has arranged ?A Celebration of Wholeness and Healing? in Carrowbeg House, Westport. The celebration will be led by the Revd Pat Mollen, Deputy Director of the Church?s Ministry of Healing.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the lecture sermon at the Sung Eucharist in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, will be delivered by the Minister of Education, Ms Mary Hanafin TD.
At Evensong in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin, the Lenten address will be given by Canon Kenneth Kearon, the recently appointed Secretary General of the Anglican Communion. Meanwhile at Evensong in St Bartholomew?s Church, Clyde Road, at 7 pm, there will be an address by Modise Phekonyana who was imprisoned for many years with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island. He now lectures on topics such as justice, anger management and reconciliation and came into contact, last summer, with some St Bartholomew?s parishioners who were in South Africa to assist with a housing project.
At Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, three new canons will be installed. The Revd Dr Nigel Biggar is Professor of Theology in Trinity College, Dublin; the Revd Ivor Power is Rector of Crumlin and Chapleizod, and the Revd Roland Heaney is Rector of Dunganstown.
A weekend of celebrations in Douglas union of parishes in Cork reaches its climax tomorrow (Sunday) when the Bishop of Cork will re-dedicate the recently refurbished and extended parish hall following a special service in St Luke?s Church. The Canon Packenham Hall is now a multi-purpose parish centre.
On Thursday in Rathfarnham parish church the third in the current Lenten discussions on ?Religion is not a Private Affair? will concentrate on Northern Ireland. The speakers will be the two Archbishops of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames and Dr Sean Brady.
In St Stephen?s Church, Upper Mount Street, Dublin, on Friday evening at 8 pm there will be a concert in aid of Our Lady?s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, featuring the RTE Cor na nOg Children?s Choir and the Festival Ensemble.
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