CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 29 August 1998
Dublin Theology Course
The Archbishop of Dublin's Course in Theology for the
two year cycle, 1998-2000, is open for enrollment until 18 September.
The aim of the course is to provide a programme of
study and learning which will lead to a deeper understanding of the
Christian faith. Sessions will explore the role of the Bible, consider
the role of God and creation, and seek to make sense of Jesus. The
workings of the Holy Spirit, the community of faith and issues facing
Christians today will also be examined.
The course is open to anyone from the united dioceses
of Dublin and Glendalough who wishes to undertake a serious programme of
study, and readers, Sunday school teachers, study group leaders and
church officers will benefit from it.
Details and application forms may be had from local
clergy or from the Diocesan Office.
This evening (Saturday) in St Werburgh's Church,
Dublin the Pegasus Singers from London will give a concert of choral
masterpieces from plainsong to the present day, including John Tavener's
Song for Athene which was sung as the coffin of Diana, Princess of
Wales, was borne out of Westminster Abbey. The Pegasus Singers are
currently in residence in Christ Church Cathedral where they will sing
Evensong today (Saturday) and the services tomorrow (Sunday).
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcsat Morning Service
from St Edan's Cathedral, Ferns where the dean is the Very Revd Leslie
Forrest while BBC Radio Ulster will carry a service from Christ Church,
Ballyculter conducted by the precentor of Down Cathedral, Canon Brian
Mayne. The choir of St Andrew's Church, Malahide, under the direction of
Rodney Baldwin, will sing the services in St Deiniol's Cathedral,
Bangor, north Wales. The choir has sung in many Irish cathedrals but
this will be their first trip abroad.
On Tuesday evening in St John's Church,
Florencecourt, the Bishop of Kilmore, the Rt Revd Michael Mayes, will
institute the Revd George Pitt to the incumbency of Killesher. Mr Pitt,
who has worked with CMS in Zaire, has been vicar of Penycae in the
diocese of St Asaph, in Wales, since 1992.
On Wednesday evening, in Greystones parish hall, the
Revd Graham Buttanshaw and his wife Janet will speak on working with
Sudanese refugees in north west Uganda. Mr Buttanshaw lectures in Bishop
Allison Theological College which is part of the Sudanese Church in
exile. The College trains clergy for the Episcopal Church of the Sudan
and students come from many parts of the country which have been
liberated by the SPLA. They gain practical skills in agriculture,
construction and carpentry, as well as biblical subjects, to prepare
them to return to their country to take part in its re-building and
renewal. The College is assisted by CMSI which also supports the work of
the Buttanshaws whose home parish is Kill o' the Grange, Dublin.
On Friday the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt
Revd Edward Darling, will institute the Revd Stephen Neill to the
incumbency of Cloughjordan. Mr Neill, who was ordained in 1993, has been
curate in Limerick since 1995.
Most historians of the Church of Ireland will be
familiar with the work of Sir John Gilbert, especially through his
surveys of the diocesan records of Dublin and Ossory which were done for
the Historical Manuscripts Commission, and his edition of the 13th
century Crede Mihi, the oldest register of the diocese of Dublin. A
conference to commemorate the centenary of his death has been organized
by Dublin Corporation Public Libraries and Dublin City Archives, and
details may be had from Dublin City Archives, City Assembly House, 58
South William Street, Dublin 2 (Tel 01-6775877).
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