Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Installations and Institutions
Next week brings a fresh flurry of installations and institutions which, for both clergy and congregations, mark new phases of ministry with all the hopes and uncertainties that such changes bring.
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon Canon Maureen Ryan will be installed as Prebendary of Saxon-Lacagh in St Mary?s Cathedral, Tuam, where the preacher will be the Provost of Tuam, the Very Revd Patrick Towers. Canon Ryan, who is the representative canon for Tuam in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin, is an auxiliary priest in the Tuam group of parishes.
On Monday, St Mark?s Day, at 8 pm the Archbishop of Dublin will institute the Revd John McKay as Chaplain to St John?s Church, Sandymount. Fr John, who was previously Rector of St Bartholomew and Leeson Park, Dublin, has more recently been Anglican Chaplain in Venice.
The Revd Stella Mikhail, curate in the Bandon union of parishes, will be instituted as rector of the Clonenagh group of parishes on Wednesday evening in St Peter?s Church, Mountrath., in succession to the Revd Cliff Jeffers who is now Rector of Athy. The preacher at the service will be Canon Cecil Hyland, formerly Central Director of Ordinands.
On Thursday evening, in Clogher Cathedral the Bishop of Clogher will institute Canon Raymond Thompson to the incumbency of the Clogher group of parishes and he will then be installed as Dean of Clogher. In both positions he succeeds the Very Revd Thomas Moore who has retired from the stipendiary ministry.
This morning (Saturday) there will be a Springtime Sale at All Saints Church, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, while in the afternoon in St Paul?s Church, Mountmellick, the annual GFS Diocesan Festival Service will be held. Throughout the day there will be an Organ Marathon in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and a meeting of the Church of Ireland Historical Society in Armagh.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning RTE will televise a CMSI service with Archbishop Fidel Dirokpa of DR Congo, Bishop Katanga of Kindu, Bishop Muzenda of North Kivu and music from the multicultural and multiethnic Discovery Choir. The Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, will preach in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, where new robes for the College Choir and clergy, the gift of Mr. Jonathan Todhunter of Venice and the TCD Association, will be dedicated. In Monkstown parish church the Revd David Jardine, from the Divine Healing Ministries in Belfast, will be the preacher while in St George?s Church, Belfast, the patronal festival will be celebrated. The Bishop of Clogher, in his capacity as a member of the Anglican Oriental Orthodox International Commission, will be in London for the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Tomorrow (Sunday) at Evensong in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin, the 60th anniversary of Christian Aid will be celebrated in the presence of President McAleese. The Bishop of Limerick, Vice Chairman of Christian Aid?s Irish National Committee, will preach and representatives of the eight sponsoring churches will attend the service.
On Tuesday in Belfast and Wednesday in Dublin the Evangelical Alliance will host a one day conference on ?Being a Missionary Church in Contemporary Culture? The principal speaker will be Mark Greene, Director of the London Institute for Contemporary Culture which was founded by the Revd John Stott. Booking is essential and details may be had by telephoning 01-811 5792 or 028-9029 2266.
The deadline for the 2005 General Synod Magazine and Website Competition is next Friday. This year the format will be that of a photographic competition, details of which may be had from the Church of Ireland Press Office in Belfast
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