Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 28 May 2011
CICE Bicentenary Celebrations
To mark the bicentenary of the foundation of the Church of Ireland College of Education all current and past pupils, staff and friends have been invited to a Service of Thanksgiving in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin today (Saturday) at 1.30pm at which the Archbishop of Dublin will preside and the Principal of CICE, Dr Anne Lodge, will preach. This will be followed by a ticket only celebratory BBQ and reunion.
Founded as the Kildare Place Society Training Institution in 1811, which pioneered teacher training in Ireland, it was taken over by the General Synod in 1878 and, as the Church of Ireland Training College, became, in 1884, a recognized denominational college for training national school teachers. CICE flourished as a national teacher training college but its numbers were seriously depleted by partition and it did not begin to expand until the 1960s. In 1969 it moved to its present premises in Rathmines and in 1970 was renamed the Church of Ireland College of Education in line with the other training colleges. Since the 1970s it has had an academic association with Trinity College with the students taking the Trinity B.Ed degree. This association was further strengthened earlier this year with the signing of an Inter-Institutional Agreement. Today CICE has 128 B.Ed students, 60 post graduate students in special educational need/learning support, 50 students studying for the Certificate in Special Needs Assistants and twenty masters students.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the choir of All Saints' church, Grangegorman, will lead the worship at the Eucharist in St Lasarian’s Cathedral, Leighlin, where the Dean is the Very Revd Tom Gordon, and later will sing Evensong in the chapel of Borris House. At St George’s church, Balbriggan, at 11am, there will be an Outdoor Songs of Praise with the St George’s Brass Band while on Inishmacsaint Island in Lough Erne there will be a service to mark the 180th anniversary of Inishmacsaint parish church at which the preacher will be Canon Brian Courtney.
In the afternoon, at 3.30pm, the Annual Open Air Service of Praise and Thanksgiving will be held at St Doulagh’s church, Balgriffin. Music will be provided by the 1st Coy Boys’ Brigade Band and the Dublin Conservative Club Male Voice Choir and the address will be given by David Turner from ‘Church in Chains’ who will speak about Christians who face torture, imprisonment and death.
Next Tuesday, the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the first of the summer ordinations will be held when the Bishop of Cork will ordain Tony Murphy to serve as a deacon in St Fin Barre’s cathedral. In Dublin the 70th anniversary of the North Strand Bombing will be marked with a ‘Walk and Talk’ beginning at Charleville Mall Library at noon and ending at the Memorial Garden in Marino College where, at 2pm, there will be a Memorial Service, attended by local clergy, including the Rector of Drumcondra, the Revd Roy Byrne, and the unveiling of a plaque.
The lunchtime organ recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick on Wednesday will be given by Peter Barley who will play works by Eric Sweeney, Buxtehude and Whitlock.
A reunion for past choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, has been planned for 11 June in the cathedral. This will take the form of Choral Evensong at 5pm followed by a reception and it is also hoped to have some discussion about formally establishing a Past Choristers Association. Rehearsals begin at 2pm. Those who would like to take part should contact Victor Coe at [email protected].