Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 24 June 2006
Busy Week of Ordinations
A series of ordinations to the priesthood and the diaconate begins today (Saturday) when in St Columb?s Cathedral the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe will ordain Katie McAteer, Mervyn Peoples and David McBeth as deacons. Tomorrow (Sunday) in Shankill parish church, Lurgan, Paul Bates, Craig Cooney and Adrian Dorrian will be made deacons to serve in the Diocese of Down & Dromore while in St Patrick?s church, Ballymena, Carol Harvey, Harold Sharp and Amanda Adams will be ordained as deacons for the Diocese of Connor. On Thursday, in St Mary?s church, Maynooth, the Bishop of Meath & Kildare will ordain William Steacy to the diaconate.
Tomorrow (Sunday), in Christ Church Cathedral, the Archbishop of Dublin will raise four deacons to the priesthood and on Thursday in St Canice?s Cathedral, Kilkenny, he will ordain the Revd Elaine Murray a priest. In St Patrick?s Cathedral, Armagh, on Thursday, St Peter?s Day, the Primate will ordain three deacons as priests.
Today (Saturday) the annual assembly of the Mothers? Union will be held in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, where the President, Mrs Trish Heywood, will be joined by provincial presidents and some 1200 members. The keynote speaker will be Dr Marion Gibson, a specialist in trauma and counselling. The Friends of Trinity College Library will visit St Mary?s church, Athlone as part of their day trip to the area while in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the lunchtime recital will be given by students from the RSCM ?Voice for Life? programme. In St George & St Thomas? Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, at 6 pm there will be a concert by Cantoiri in aid of the charity, ?Fighting Blindness?. The Clerks Choral of St Mary?s Collegiate Church, Youghal, will give a summer gala recital while in St Colman?s Church, Farahy, at 6 pm there will be a concert by the Carducci String Quartet in aid of the church fabric fund.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the Chapel Choir of Trinity College, Dublin, will sing at the Solemn Eucharist in the Anglican Church of All Saints, Rome, where the preacher will be the TCD Chaplain, Dr Alan McCormack, while in Cashel Cathedral the visiting choir will be the Carolina Chorale from the USA. At 4 pm the Annual Open Air Service on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath will be held where the preacher will be the Rector of Kells, the Revd Eric Russell, while in Belfast Cathedral at 6 pm the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe will preach at the Eve of Conference Service for the British Medical Association.
On Monday evening in Donacavey parish church the Bishop of, Clogher will institute the Revd John Marsburg as Rector of Donacavey and Barr while on Thursday evening in Derriaghy Parochial Hall the former Bishop of Connor, Dr Samuel Poyntz, will launch a new history of the parish by the Very Revd Norman Barr, Rector of Derriaghy, 1961-90.
Registrations are still being accepted for the Celtic Revival Summer School which is a joint venture between Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, and Aas Eanna on the Aran island of Inis Oirr. The Summer School will begin on Friday 7 July in Christ Church and on the following Sunday will move to Inis Oirr where it will continue until Wednesday 12 July. Lectures, music, drama and visits will explore the artistic and literary revival in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th century. The full cost of the Summer School is ?320 and details may be had from www.araseanna.ie or by telephone at 099 75150.