Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
WCC Visit
Staff from the World Council of Churches will visit Dublin next Tuesday. Dr Clare Amos, Hielke Wolters and Garland Pierce will attend presentations in Church of Ireland House given by the Secretary General of the Church of Ireland, Adrian Clements, representatives of the Dublin Council of Churches and the Glencree Reconciliation Centre.
After lunch the WCC visitors will travel to the DCU Inter Faith Centre where there will be presentations by Philip McKinley, Chaplain to DCU, and Dr Anne Lodge, Principal of the Church of Ireland College of Education.
Prior to the Dublin visit Dr Amos will be the preacher at the 11am service in St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, tomorrow (Sunday) and on Monday she will attend a lunch and meeting hosted by the Bishop of Connor who is a member of the WCC. Dr Amos is a former Director of Theological Education at the Anglican Communion Office and in that capacity was involved developing the Church of Ireland’s current syllabus for ministerial training.
Today (Saturday) the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem will hold an investiture in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, in which the Bishop of Cork will take part, while in St Patrick’s cathedral, Armagh, at 2.30pm, there will be a recital by Dr Dominique Proust, organist at Notre Dame De L’Assomption, Meudon–Paris.
The Mothers’ Union is calling on women all over Ireland to stand together in prayer and in person today (Saturday) in an All–Ireland Prayer Vigil, organised as a powerful gesture of solidarity with women in Ireland and across the world who are suffering gender–based violence. With gatherings in all twelve dioceses of the Church of Ireland, Mothers’ Union hopes this simple act of solidarity will help raise awareness among the general population and encourage governments to take action to end gender–based violence. The ‘16 Days’ campaign is based on the period between 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and 10th December (Human Rights Day).
Tomorrow the beginning of Advent will be marked with carol services in churches and cathedrals throughout the country. In Dublin there will be candlelight processions in St Patrick’s at 3.15pm and in Christ Church at 5pm while in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, the annual liturgical procession by candlelight with readings and carols for Advent begins at 7pm.
In St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, tomorrow (Sunday) there will be an ecumenical service of prayer and reflection for climate justice at 1.15pm as part of the National Day of Prayer on the eve of the UN Climate Summit. The hymns of Thomas Kelly will be celebrated in Athy Arts Centre at 3pm where the choir In Cantorum will be conducted by Eileen Doyle with the Revd Dr Philip Knowles at the organ. Kelly is best remembered for hymns such as ‘The Head that once was crowned with thorns’ and ‘We sing the praise of Him who died’. Born in 1769, he died in 1855.
Next Monday Bishop Ken Clarke, Director of the South American Missionary Society, will lead Advent reflections in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. In the Inter–Faith Centre on the Glasnevin Campus of DCU Philip McKinley will be commissioned as Church of Ireland Chaplain.
A presentation will be given by Allan Callender on the subject ‘Limerick Protestants in the First World War’ on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in St. Michael’s Church Hall, Pery Square, Limerick. Mr Callender is the author of The Legacy of Hannah Villiers: Almshouses and Schools.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’