Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Visit of Missionary Head to Ireland
The General Secretary of the Church Mission Society, Canon Tim Dakin, will be in Ireland next week to meet staff, members and supporters of the Church Missionary Society Ireland. CMS was founded in 1799 and has developed as a missionary society largely within the Anglican Communion. CMSI was founded in 1814 as the Hibernian Auxiliary CMS and became fully autonomous in the late 1970s.
Canon Dakin was born in Mpwapwa, Tanzania, to parents who were mission partners and he grew up speaking Swahili. He received his theological education in King’s College, London, but was ordained in Kenya in 1993 where he served as Principal of Carlile College and curate of Nairobi Cathedral. In 2000 he was appointed as General Secretary of CMS and since 2001 has been an honorary canon of Coventry Cathedral.
On Wednesday Canon Dakin will speak in St Mark’s Church, Dundela and on Thursday morning together with Canon Cecil Wilson and the Revd Patrick Comerford of CMSI, will meet the Archbishop of Dublin. On Thursday evening he will speak at a public meeting in Overseas House, Rathmines, Dublin, and on Friday will meet the Primate in Armagh.
Today (Saturday) the Bishop of Cork will preside at a conference for schools, hosted by the Diocesan Board of Education, on the theme of “Ethos” while the Bishop of Tuam will be in Ballina for a GFS Day. At 8.00 pm in St Joseph’s Church, Glasthule, Co. Dublin, the Gaudete Singers, directed by the Assistant Organist of St Patrick’s Cathedral, David Leigh, will give a concert of works by Parry, Wesley, Walton and other English composers.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast Morning Prayer for Mothering Sunday from St Brigid’s Church, Stillorgan, where the rector is the Revd Ian Gallagher. At Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the Lenten address will be given by the Director of Trocaire, Mr Justin Kilcullen.
On Tuesday evening the Archbishop of Dublin will speak in the Monkstown Lenten series on “Eucharist - Unity and Division” while in St Fachtna’s Cathedral, Ross, the Bishop of Cork will be the speaker at the Carbery Clerical Society.
On Wednesday evening at 8.00 pm Dr Daire Keogh, from St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, will speak to the Irish Society for Archives on “ The Search for Robert Emmett”. The meeting will be held in St Catherine’s Church, Thomas Street, outside which Emmett was executed in 1803 and will be an opportunity to view the building which, after many years of dilapidation, has been restored as a place of worship by CORE (City Outreach Through Renewal and Evangelism). Admission is free and all are welcome.
The Minister of Core, the Revd Willi Stewart, will be the Lenten speaker in St Matthias’ Church, Ballybrack, on Thursday evening when he will speak on “Questions for the Church” while at the same time, in Rathfarnham, the Lenten speakers on “Spirituality for Busy People” will be the Revd Katherine Meyer, Presbyterian and Methodist Chaplain in Trinity College, and the Revd Alan McGuckian of the Jesuit Communications Centre. In St Paul’s Church Hall, York Road, Belfast, the Church of Ireland Evangelical Fellowship will host a meeting on “Changing Ministry in a Changing Society”. The speaker will be Pastor Paul Reid who has been involved in the on-going Church of Ireland Summit on Ministry.
On Friday evening in Lough Gowna parish church, Co. Cavan, the Bishop of Kilmore will commission Mr Niall Sloane as a Diocesan Reader. The preacher will be the Chaplain of Trinity College, Dublin, the Revd Dr Alan McCormack.