Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Petertide Ordinations
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the Feast of St Peter, one of the traditional ordination dates in the western church, and over this weekend, in the Church of Ireland, three deacons and five priests will be ordained.
Today (Saturday) in St Columb’s Cathedral, the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe will ordain two deacons. Peter Thompson will be curate in the parish of All Saints, Clooney, and Adam Quigley will serve in the auxiliary ministry in Castlerock. Meanwhile in the Church of St John the Evangelist, Tralee, the Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert will ordain Mairt Hanley to the deaconate and he will serve in the auxiliary ministry in the Tralee union of parishes.
Tomorrow (Sunday) in St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Archbishop of Armagh will ordain to the priesthood the Revd John Ewart, curate of Derryloran, and the Revd Ruth Jackson, curate of St Mark’s Portadown. The Revd Neal O’Raw, curate of Killala, will be raised to the priesthood in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Killala, and in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, the Revd Sandra Hale, curate of Lucan and Leixlip, and the Revd Robert Marshall, auxiliary curate in Stillorgan, will be ordained priests.
Today (Saturday) there will be an Open Day in the Mageough Home, Cowper Road, Dublin, when from 10.30 to 12.30 and 2.30 to 4.30 there will be opportunities to view the renovated accommodation. In the evening, in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, there will be a dulcimer recital, while in St Peter’s Church, Killedmond, there will be ‘Music for a Summer Evening’, from the Kilkenny Chamber Orchestra and the Kilkenny Youth Choir.
In the Chapel of Trinity College Dublin at 8.00pm the Res Nova Chamber Choir and the musical ensemble Seanma, will perform some of J.S. Bach’s music on themes of death and redemption, including the motet “Jesu, meine Freude” and the cantata “Actus Tragicus”. The recital will be directed by the Assistant Organist of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, David Leigh.
Among the speakers at the Byrne Perry Summer School in Gorey, County Wexford, will be the former Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Donald Caird, who will give the Gordon Wilson lecture. The theme of this year’s conference is “Culture in revival: the Irish Experience”.
Tomorrow (Sunday) in Dublin the preacher in St Bartholomew’s and Lesson Park churches will be Mr Tom Arnold, Chief Executive Officer of Concern, while at 4.00pm in Co. Meath the preacher at the annual Open Air Service on the Hill of Tara will be Canon Richard Rountree, Rector of Powerscourt. In the evening in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, the Cathedral Choirs will give a concert with the Hereford Cathedral School Choir, while in St Mollig’s Church, Monamolin, there will be a concert to mark the 175th anniversary of the building.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the Choir of Keeble College, Oxford, will sing Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
A team of eighteen young people, led by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, will travel to Northern Argentina on Wednesday. They will be there for three weeks to assist local churches with practical work and with ministry to children and young people.
Mr Philip Talbot, the RCB Head of Investment, has been appointed as Assistant Secretary of the Church of Ireland Pensions Board for a three year period beginning in September. Another member of the Church House staff, Mr Mark McWha, the Assistant Solicitor, has also been given additional responsibilities. Mr McWha succeeds Dr Susan Hood as Secretary to the Theological College Council, and will serve for a three year period.