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Archbishop Tutu to Preach in Dublin
Next Monday, at 12.30 pm there will be another in the series of Discovery Services in the Church of St George and St Thomas, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1, at which the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill, will preside. These services, led by the Discovery Gospel Choir, offer Anglican worship with an African flavour and seek to reach out to the new wave of Africans who have come to live in Ireland. Monday?s service has a special appeal as the parish clergy, the Revd Katherine Poulton and the Revd Norma McMaster, together with Canon Horace McKinley, will be joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who will preach the sermon.
Archbishop Tutu is one of the few truly international figures in the Anglican world. His charismatic presence and prophetic voice have earned him attention and ensured him respect throughout the world. His has been a lifetime of service, variously in the Church of England, at the World Council of Churches and, most notably, in Africa, where he was successively Bishop of Lesotho, Bishop of Johannesburg and Archbishop of Cape Town until his retirement in 1996. A persistent voice for justice and truth, the experiences of Archbishop Tutu, especially in South Africa, have much to teach others who live in divided societies.
Archbishop Tutu will also take part in a debate at the University Philosophical Society in Trinity College, Dublin, on Wednesday.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the preacher at the 10.30 am service in St Mary?s Church Athlone, where the rector is the Revd Graham Doyle, will be the Revd Jan Cicka from the Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church.
On Monday at Lambeth Palace, London, the Archbishop of Canterbury will confer the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music on Dr Harry Grindle. A former Organist of St Anne?s Cathedral, Belfast, and Head of Music in Stranmillis College, Belfast, Dr Grindle is well know for his renowned chamber choir, the Priory Singers, and for his book Irish Cathedral Music. A History of Music at the Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland which was published in 1989.
The T.C. Hammond Theological Lectures will be held on Wednesday at the Irish Church Missions, 28 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, beginning at 11 am. The speaker will be the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, who will meet the Archbishop of Dublin on Thursday. Pre-booking is required and details may be had from the Revd Eddie Coulter at 01-8730829. In the evening the organ recital in St Patrick?s Cathedral, at 6.30pm, will be given by Lewis Brito-Babapulle.
On Thursday morning in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Armagh, the Archbishop of Armagh will ordain three deacons. Patrick Barton will serve as curate assistant in the parish of St Mark, Armagh, Alan Cross in Drumglass and John McClenaghan in St Columbs?a parish, Portadown. In Tullow, Co Carlow, the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory will preside at the Diocesan Synod which for the first time will include representatives from the Diocese of Ferns which heretofore has met separately.
Thursday is St Columba?s Day when there will be a Service of Installation in St Columb?s Cathedral, Derry. The Revd Robert Clarke, Rector of Edenderry and Clanabogan, and the Revd David Ferry, Rector of Donagheady, will be installed as canons by the Dean of Derry, Dr William Morton.
On Friday the annual weekend retreat of the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer begins in St Columnans House, Navan, where the witness will be the Revd Bryan Ellis. Further details may be had from Mr Tony Dunton at a.dunton - at-virgin.net
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