Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Ordinations to the Priesthood
Tomorrow (Sunday) the first series of ordinations to the priesthood for this year will take place when ten deacons will be raised to the priesthhood to serve in the dioceses of Derry and Raphoe, Down and Dromore, Connor, Kilmore and Meath.
In Drumragh parish church the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe will ordain the Revd Louise Crawford and the Revd John Deane while in Dromore Cathedral the Bishop of Down and Dromore will ordain the Revd Isaac Delamere, the Revd Kevin Graham and the Revd James Harris. The Bishop of Connor will ordain the Revd Neal Phair and the Revd Davis Richardson in St Patrick’s Church, Ballymena, in Florencecourt the Bishop of Kilmore will ordain the Revd George Browne and the Revd Tanya Woods, while in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim, the Bishop of Meath and Kildare will ordain the Revd Jean Wynne.
Of the ten priests to be ordained, five will serve in the auxiliary ministry.
Today (Saturday) the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Synod will be held in Rochestown Park Hotel. In Monkstown parish church, Dublin, there will be a Hymn Marathon from 9.00 am until 5.00 pm to raise funds for the choir trip to Tewkesbury Abbey in August.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast a Service of the Word from St James’ Church, Crinken, with the Revd Gordon Fyles while in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway, the Heartland Chorale, from Texas, will sing at the morning service. The Bishop of Cork will preside at the Patronal Festival in Templebreedy while the Rt Revd Peter Barrett will be enthroned as Bishop of Waterford. In St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the preacher at the Sung Eucharist will be the Revd Dr A.C.J. Phillips, formerly Headmaster of the King’s School, Canterbury.
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the Patronal Festival of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, where the preacher at the Sung Eucharist will be the Bishop of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, the Rt Revd George Connor. The AGM of the Friends of Christ Church will take place at 2.15 when Ms Lisa Parker will give a talk on Sir Robert Prescott Stewart, cathedral organist from 1844 to 1894. Evensong will begin at 4.00 pm during which the Archbishop of Dublin will dedicate new nave chairs and the Lady Chapel icons.
In Christ Church, on Monday, Ceiliúradh, an international liturgical conference begins and continues until Friday. The theme is ‘Worship in a Violent World’ and as well as the conference sessions there will be musical events each evening which will be open to the public. Details may be had from the Cathedral Office at 01-6778099.
The Standing Committee of the General Synod and the Executive Committee of the Representative Church Body will meet on Tuesday in Church of Ireland House, Dublin, and the bishops will meet on Wednesday.
In St George and St Thomas’ Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin, a exhibition of works of art, with a difference, begins on Wednesday and continues until Saturday 21 June. The exhibition will feature work from the female prison on the North Circular Road, Mountjoy Prison and St Patrick’s Institution.
The Wednesday evening organ recital in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, will be given by David Bremner, organ scholar in St Patrick’s and Christ Church, and on Thursday evening the Heartlands Chorale will give a concert in St Multose’s Church, Kinsale, in aid of the church restoration fund.
On Friday the Archbishop of Armagh will be in Belfast to launch a document on racialism which has been prepared by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.