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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Ordinations to the Diaconate & Priesthood
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon there will be two ordinations to the diaconate. In Christ Church cathedral, the Archbishop of Dublin will ordain Nigel Piepoint and Ross Styles and in St Fin Barre’s cathedral the Bishop of Cork will ordain David Compton. In the coming week there will be three ordinations to the priesthood.
Tomorrow (Sunday) in St Eunan’s cathedral, Raphoe, the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe will ordain the Revd Robbie Robinson and on Monday in All Saints church, Mullingar, the Bishop of Meath & Kildare will ordain the Revd Trevor Holmes. Next Friday the Bishop of Cork will ordain the Revd David Bowles on St Fin Barre’s Day – a fitting beginning to the beginning of the cathedral’s patronal festival weekend. The preacher will be Bishop Michael Mayes.
Today (Saturday) the Revd Garth Bunting, Residential Priest Vicar in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, will run in the Dublin Half–Marathon in aid of the Bishops’ Appeal which is currently seeking to raise additional funds for the refugee crisis. Those wishing to support Garth’s run can do so via www.christchurchcathedral.ie/donate
The Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin have asked that special retiring collections should be made in churches tomorrow (Sunday).
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning in Holy Trinity church, Garvary, there will be a special service to mark the 150th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone by Anne Elizabeth Honoria, Countess of Belmore, and wife of the young 4th Earl of Belmore, Somerset Richard Lowry Corry.
The Bishop of Clogher will be the preacher at this service and the rector, Canon John Stewart, has prepared a souvenir copy of the Order of Service with accompanying background information of historical interest.
Tomorrow (Sunday) evening there will be a Service of Acknowledgement and Admission for the Revd Geoffrey Bridle and the Revd Henry Blair as canons in St Macartan’s cathedral, Clogher, where the preacher will be the Bishop of Clogher.
The Bishop of Kilmore will dedicate the recently restored Conacher organ in St John’s church, Cloverhill, during the Harvest Festival. The restoration, which involved significant local fundraising was supported by the Heritage Council. In St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, at Evensong, there will be a Battle of Britain Commemoration.
On Thursday at 3pm there will be a service of Choral Evensong in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, for all Church of Ireland and Protestant second level schools to mark the opening of the academic year. The service will be attended by students from schools across the State and will also be attended by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Ms Heather Humphreys, TD. The speaker at the service will be Mr John Mills from Barnardo’s. Prior to the service Minister Humphreys will tour the historical Marsh’s Library.
From next Thursday to Friday, Canon Ian Ellis, rector of Newcastle, Co. Down, and editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette, will represent the Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue at a consultation at the High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire on the World Council of Churches Faith and Order document, The Church: Towards a Common Vision. The document is the result of two decades’ theological work and thus represents a major milestone in the continuing search for the full visible unity of the Church. The Church of Ireland is in the process of developing its formal response to the WCC document.
On Friday evening the Abbot of Glenstal, Dom Mark Patrick Hederman, will be the preacher at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in St Mary’s church, Carlow.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’