Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Saturday 24 September 2005
New Communications Officer Appointed
The Church of Ireland has appointed a new Communications Officer following the retirement of the Revd Brian Parker who was Media Officer from1999 to March 2005.
The new officer is Ms Sarah Williams who is currently employed as Press Officer to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, at Lambeth Palace, London. Prior to this she worked as Assistant Press Officer at Church House, Westminster, London. Ms Williams will take up her new position in November when her commitments to her current employer are complete.
The appointment has been welcomed by the Primate, Dr Robin Eames, and by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Harper, who is Chairman of the Central Communications Board.
Ms Williams will be based in Church of Ireland House in Donegall Street, Belfast, but her responsibilities will extend throughout the country. On a day to day basis she will be responsible to the Church of Ireland?s Director of Communications, Mrs Janet Maxwell.
Today (Saturday) the Annual Conference of the Church of Ireland Men?s Society will be held at Greenmount Agricultural College, Antrim. This year the conference will focus on drug and alcohol misuse and suicide and self-harm among young people. The Tuam, Killala and Achonry Diocesan Synod will be held in Tuam Synod Hall while in St Saviour?s Church, Arklow, at 3.30 pm the Church of Ireland Association of Deaf People will hold its autumn Service of Holy Communion.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning RTE will televise a service with United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The service will be led by Linda Chambers, USPG Mission Advisor in Ireland, and there will be music from the Three Strands Ministry music group.
The Bishop of Cork will visit St Anne?s Church, Shandon, where he will preside at the Parish Eucharist and dedicate new chairs. In the afternoon he will attend the Patronal Festival Service in St Fin Barre?s Cathedral, where the preacher will be the Bishop of Meath and Kildare, and afterwards, will entertain the Friend?s of St Fin Barre?s to tea in the Palace.
In Down Cathedral, the Bishop of Down and Dromore will preach at the annual Diocesan Organ Scholarship Award Service and will commission and present awards to those who have successfully completed the three year course. At Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, new members of the Girl?s Choir will be commissioned.
A Discovery African Style Harvest Service will be held in St Thomas & St George?s Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, at 3.30 pm tomorrow (Sunday). The preacher will be Ms Stella Mew and the Discovery Gospel Choir will sing. At 7 pm, in Powerscourt Church, the Enniskerry Gospel Choir will sing at a service when the Archbishop of Dublin will commission a new youth worker. Ms Sarah Jane Taylor will work in three Co. Wicklow parishes ? Greystones, Delgany and Powerscourt.
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon the Tuam, Killala & Achonry Mothers? Union Diocesan Festival Service will be held in St George?s Church, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, where the guest speaker will be the All Ireland President of the MU, Mrs Paddy Wallace.
On Tuesday evening at 7 30 pm the Diocesan Service for Primary Schools and Junior Schools will be held in Christ Church Cathedral. The theme of the service, at which the Archbishop of Dublin will preside, will be ?Friendship? and the preacher will be the Revd Kesh Govan, Rector of Blessington.
On Friday the Clogher Diocesan Synod will be held at the Magheraculmoney Parish Centre, Co. Fermanagh.