CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 19 September 1998
Restoration of Kildare Cathedral Celebrated
Tomorrow (Sunday) there will be a special service of
thanksgiving and re-dedication to mark the completion of the restoration
of St Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare. The celebrant will be the Bishop of
Meath and Kildare, Dr Richard Clarke, and the preacher will be the
Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey. The Dean of Kildare, the Very
Revd Robert Townley, who brought this project to fruition, will take
part as will his two predecessors, the Very Revd John Paterson and Dean
Matthew Byrne, who were closely involved in earlier stages of the
restoration process.
This is the second "modern" restoration of
Kildare Cathedral. The first, which was begun in 1875 and completed in
1896, rescued the medieval fabric which had been in ruins for 200 years.
George Edmund Street, perhaps the leading English architect of his time,
who had earlier worked on the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, began the project which was completed by J.F. Fuller and the
cathedral was re-opened in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
E.W. Benson. The familiar profile of Kildare Cathedral, with its
adjacent round tower, is a product of this work, the survival of which
has been assured by this second restoration.
Today (Saturday) the Meath and Kildare Diocesan Synod
will be held in Wilson's Hospital School, Multyfarnham while in Christ
Church Cathedral, Dublin there will be a thanksgiving service to mark
the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Cheshire Homes. In
Christ Church, Taney a Flower Festival entitled "The Celtic
Twilight of the Harvest Moon" continues until tomorrow (Sunday)
when there will be "A Celtic Musical Twilight" featuring Meav
Ni Mhaolchatha from Anuna and the Taney Parish Choir.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast Morning Service
from St Macartan's Cathedral, Enniskillen where the incumbent is Canon
Brian Courtney. The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd James Moore, will
preach at the harvest festival in St Saviour's Church, Arklow, Co.
Wicklow while in Co. Kerry the first anniverary of St Michael's Church,
Killorglin will be marked by a special service organized by the Mothers'
Union at which the preacher will be the Dean of Limerick, the Very Revd
Maurice Sirr. In St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin the Revd Mark Wilson
will preach at the Annual RAF Association Service.
The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will
preside at a Decade of Evangelism service in St Patrick's Cathedral,
Armagh on Monday evening when the preacher will be the Bishop of Tuam,
Dr Richard Henderson. In Dublin the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, the Rt
Revd John Neill, will address the Theology Circle on the Lambeth
Conference while the Bishop of Limerick, the Rt Revd Edward Darling,
will mark the anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood by
celebrating the eucharist in St Mary's Cathedral.
On Wednesday the 25th anniversary of the Irish
Inter-Church Meeting will be marked with the launch of a booklet on its
background and development which has been written by Fr Michael Hurley
SJ and the Revd Dr Ian Ellis, Rector of Newcastle, Co. Down. In the
Theological College the Irish College of Preachers will meet until
Friday. The guest lecturer will be the Very Revd Herbert O'Driscoll,
formerly Dean of Vancouver and a prolific writer on homiletics who will
speak on "Communicating Christ Today".
The Archbishop of Armagh will visit Wilson's Hospital
on Friday. In Dublin the Annual Diocesan Service for Primary and Junior
Schools will be held in Christ Church Cathedral. The theme of the
service will be "Peace" and the preacher will be the Revd Jim
Carroll, Rector of Raheny and Coolock.
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