Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Saturday 21 January 2006
ICS Dublin Lecture
On Thursday evening at 8 pm the Intercontinental Church Society, at the invitation of the Church of Ireland Theological College, will give a presentation in the College which is open to the public. The theme of the presentation is ?Church Planting in the New Europe? and will be an opportunity for the ordinands and the public to hear about the growth of international churches, their contribution to the wider church scene in Europe and beyond, and how such overseas mission can inform and encourage the church in Ireland.
There will be three addresses, The Revd Brian Underwood, a former chaplain in the Diocese of Europe, will speak on the ICS?s historic contribution to church planting, and he will be followed by the Revd Gerald Hegarty, Chaplain of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Vice-Principal of the St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course, who will discuss ?Church Planting, Europe and Mission?. The final contribution will be from the Revd Martin Reakes-Williams, who is Minister of the Leipzig English Church which he established, under the auspices if the ICS in 1995. He will speak on ?Planting a New English-Speaking Church?.
The ICS was founded in 1823 and its principal functions are the planting and partnering of international Anglican churches on mainland Europe, and outreach to tourists. More information about its activities may be had from its Communications Manager, David Healey ([email protected]) or from its website: www.ics-uk.org
Today (Saturday), as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Bishop of Clogher will be in St Macartan?s College, Monaghan, for a Day of Prayer with Bishop Nathan, Armenian Orthodox Bishop based in London. In the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, in the presence of a delegation of Egyptian Christians and Muslims, CMS Ireland?s new Islamic-Christian dialogue resource will be launched.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the lecture sermon at the Sung Eucharist in Trinity College Chapel will be given by the Irish ambassador to the Holy See, Philip McDonagh. In the afternoon, at 3 pm, there will be a Discovery Service of Anglican worship with an African flavour in St George & St Thomas? Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, where the preacher will be the Rt Revd Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis, Bishop of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa. At 3.30 pm in St Macartan?s cathedral, Clogher, the Archbishop of Armagh will preach at a Memorial Service for the Rt Revd Robert Heavener, Bishop of Clogher, 1973-80.
On Tuesday the Standing Committee of the General Synod will meet in Dublin followed by a meeting of the House of Bishops. In the evening in Belfast Cathedral the preacher at the Christian Unity Service will be Mgr Tim Galligan, Archdeacon of Southwark and a former member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
In Christ Church Cathedral on Wednesday at 12.45 pm the Archbishop of Dublin will celebrate the Eucharist to mark the 20th anniversary of his consecration.
In Dublin, on Thursday evening at 8 pm there will be a concert by the Garda Male Voice Choir in St Patrick?s Cathedral. On the following evening, at the same time, in Christ Church Cathedral, there will be a performance of ?Anthems for America?. This will be a pre-tour concert featuring part of the repertoire which the Cathedral Choir will sing on its American tour next month. Among the items will be Catriona Ni Dhubhgaill?s settings in Irish of the canticles for Evensong which the choir will sing in St Thomas? Church, New York, and in Washington National Cathedral.
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