CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 21 November 1998
Cork Cathedral Appeal launched
A major restoration project for St Fin Barre's
Cathedral has been launched by the Bishop of Cork, the Rt Revd Roy Warke.
"St Fin Barre's Beyond 2000" seeks to raise £5 million to
restore the present building and to develop a 600 square metre crypt
under the forecourt of the cathedral. An archaeological dig, for which
sponsorship is being sought, will be a necessary precursor to the crypt
development.
The present cathedral, built 125 years ago in the
French gothic style, is the eleventh building on the site which is
believed to have been used as a place of christian worship for 1400
years. The cathedral needs to be re-roofed, the stained glass windows
need to be re-leaded, and the stone work and railings need to be
repaired. The crypt project aims to provide an enjoyable and informative
presentation of the story of Cork.
St Fin Barre's Cathedral, with its distinctive
architecture, fine liturgical tradition, and commitment to theological
education is the Church of Ireland flagship in the city and diocese of
Cork and its conservation and development ought to be priority for the
Church of Ireland throughout this island.
Today (Saturday) a sale of paintings by contemporay
Irish artists, partly in aid of the restoration fund of Kilmeague parish
church, Co. Kildare, continues in the Friends Meeting House, Monkstown,
Co. Dublin. In St George's Church, Belfast the AGM of Affirming
Catholicism Ireland will be held when there will be a seminar on
"Sectarianism and the Churches" with a panel of speakers
including the Bishop of Down and Dromore, the Rt Revd Harold Miller. The
Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory will hold a Missionary Day in Kilkenny
College where the Revd Dr Ian Ellis will be the principal speaker and
Andy and Pati Bowman will report on the diocesan missionary project,
"Building Houses in Chile".
At 8.00 pm in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin there
will be a concert of cantatas and motets by Bach. Christ Church Baroque,
conducted by Mark Duley and led by Therese Timoney, will be joined by
the Cathedral Choir and soloists Philip O'Carroll and Colette McGahon.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will televise a service with
the congregation of Booterstown, Co. Dublin where the rector is the Revd
Stephen Forde. The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will preach the
annual law sermon in Lincoln's Inn, London, while the Bishop of Cork,
the Rt Revd Roy Warke, will visit the historic church of St Multose,
Kinsale, the integrity of which is threatened by a controversial
adjacent development. The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, the Rt Revd John
Neill, will visit St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, where he will
dedicate the restoration work. In Dublin the Feast of St Cecilia will be
celebrated in Christ Church Cathedral with a Festal Evensong for the
Arts while in St Patrick's Cathedral the 47th Annual Commemoration of
those who lost their lives in Irish ships during World War II will be
held.
On Wednesday the Bishop of Jerusalem, the Rt Revd
Riah Abu El-Assai, will visit Belfast to promote the Pilgrimage 2000
programme which will encourge travellers to visit the Holy Land in the
year 2000 and to support local Christian communities.
On Friday the Bishop of Meath and Kildare, Dr Richard
Clarke, will institute the Revd Robert Jones as Rector of Athlone in
succession to the Revd Ivor Power who is now Rector of Crumlin in
Dublin. The Bishop of Clogher, the Rt Revd Brian Hannon, will be in
Bandon for the Parish Weekend which will continue the development of the
newly established links between the dioceses of Cork and Clogher.
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