Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Dublin & Armagh Ordinations
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3.30pm in Christ Church cathedral the Archbishop of Dublin will ordain four deacons intern who will combine their studies in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute with practical experience of parish life. Rebecca Gildea will serve in the parish of Zion, Anne Lodge in Raheny & Coolock, Stuart Moles in Greystones and Tom O’Brien in Howth. The preacher at the service will be the Revd David Tuohy SJ.
A little earlier, at 3.15pm the Archbishop of Armagh will hold a service of ordination in St Patrick’s cathedral where the Revd Peter Smith will be ordained to the priesthood. Mr Smyth who served his deacon internship in St Columba’s, Portadown, will be curate in the parish of St Mark, Armagh.
Today (Saturday) at 2.30pm in St Patrick’s cathedral, Armagh, there will be a Sung Eucharist to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ordination of the Archbishop of Armagh to the priesthood and the 20th anniversary of his consecration as a bishop. The preacher at the service will be the Archbishop of Dublin. In St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, the Divine Healing Ministries will host a Day of Prayer from 9am until 6pm.
Tomorrow (Sunday) Tullamore union of parishes will broadcast a Morning Service on RTE television at 11am from St Catherine’s Church, Tullamore. The theme of the service will be Come and See the Fruits of His Creation. The Revd Isaac Delamere will lead it, the Bishop of Meath & Kildare will be the preacher and Ms Anna May McHugh, President of the National Ploughing Association, will be one of the readers.
Tomorrow (Sunday) has been designated as a day of celebration to mark the success of the Come&C initiative and launch the Come&C 5 Marks Challenge. Services will take place throughout Dublin and Glendalough with every parish in the United Dioceses invited to join in. A special Order of Service has been prepared and has been sent out to all parishes. A short video launching the Come&C 5 Marks Challenge has also been sent to all parishes.
In Whitechurch at 10.30 the Archbishop of Dublin will preside at a service to celebrate 40 years of service in the parish by Canon Horace McKinley.
At Evensong in St Colman’s cathedral, Cloyne, the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross will preach at a service to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Brinkley, Bishop of Cloyne and the first Royal Astronomer of Ireland. During Choral Evensong in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe will install the Ven. Simon Lumby as Archdeacon of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe. Archdeacon Lumby serves in Killarney union of parishes, and succeeds Archdeacon Watterson who has retired. Immediately after the service there will be a meeting of Lay Readers to establish a Diocesan Guild of Lay Readers.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by Joanne Harding (soprano) and Thomas Kehoe (piano) who will perform songs by Schumann, Poulenc, Faure and Brahms.
On Thursday at 3pm the Secondary Schools Service will be held in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, at which the Archbishop will preside.
On Saturday, 24 September, the Director for Women in Church and Society in the Anglican Communion, the Revd Terrie Robinson, will lead a workshop on ‘Gender Justice – still an issue?’ in the Woodlands Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick, from 2.00–5.00 p.m, organised by the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe. Admission to the workshop is free, and is open to all.
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times