Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from “The Irish Times”
Saturday 12 November 2011
Busy Weekend in CITI
There will be a very busy schedule in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute this weekend.
There will be twelve participants in the regular monthly study weekend for Part–Time M Th students, who will have sessions on hermeneutics with Dr Katie Heffelfinger, voice production with Joanne O’Donoghue, theological reflection with the Ven. Gordon Linney and Richard Clutterbuck, Principal of Edgehill College, Belfast, and Orthodox spirituality with Canon Patrick Comerford
The final day conference for those undertaking the Foundation Access Course, which is a prerequisite for those considering training for ordination, will be held today (Saturday). This will be facilitated by the Revd Dr Tim Hull from St John’s College, Nottingham.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning Canon Comerford will preach in the CITI Chapel where there will be the annual Act of Remembrance.
Today (Saturday) participants in the new Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry Certificate course will be attending the Building Blocks conference in Belfast where the speaker will be Nick Harding, Children’s Ministry Advisor for Southwell Diocese.
The RSCM Ireland (ROI) committee will host a Come and Sing ‘Fauré Requiem and Mendelssohn Hear my Prayer’ at Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, today (Saturday). The conductor will be Stuart Nicholson (St Patrick’s Cathedral) and the Organist Tristan Russcher (Saint Bartholomew’s). Soloist Jeffrey Ledwidge will join the choir who are made up of choristers from around the country (RSCM affiliates and non–affiliates). The performance is at 5pm and all are welcome to come and listen. There is no charge for entry.
This evening (Saturday) at 8pm in Christ Church, Taney, there will be a parish fund raising concert, ‘A Richness of Sound’ presented by the Altissimo Quintet who will play works by Mozart, Vaughn Williams and Dvorak.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 8.10am BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a service of Reflection for Remembrance Sunday led by the Dean of Down, the Very Revd Henry Hull. The service will include readings from some of the Irish war poets linked together by reflections by Canon Noel Battye. The Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne, will preach at the Remembrance Day service in Christ Church, Gorey, while at Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the Remembrance Sunday address will be given by journalist, Kevin Myers.
Tomorrow (Sunday) evening the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will institute the Revd Peter Tarleton to the incumbency of the Killeshin union of parishes while in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, the Bishop of Cork will preside at the installation of the Revd Ian Jonas as Prebendary of Kilbrittain & Holy Trinity.
From 6 to 8pm on the third Tuesday of each month the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will be open for personal reflection. A space will be created to allow individuals to sit and consider, in peace, their lives and the things that occupy their minds for as long or as short a time as they need. The next reflection space will be next Tuesday evening and further details may be had from the Revd Garth Bunting ([email protected]).
Next Thursday is St Doulagh’s Day and the patronal festival will be celebrated in St Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffan. The preacher will be the Revd Martin O’Connor, a former parishioner, who is currently a NSM in St Ann’s Church, Dublin. The bishop of Egypt, the Most Revd Dr Mouncer Anis, is paying a short visit to Ireland under the auspices of CMS Ireland and on Thursday evening he will speak at a CMS Focus Event in St Mark’s Parish Halls, Newtownards.