CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 29 May 1999
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North American Visitors to Limerick & Killaloe
Tomorrow (Sunday) the congregation at Choral Evensong in St
Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, will be swelled by visitors from
the dioceses of New Hampshire in the USA and Quebec in Canada.
The service will be conducted by the Dean of Killaloe, the Very
Revd Nicholas Cummins, and the preacher will be the Bishop of
Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt. Revd Edward Darling. A party
of over forty visitors from New Hampshire and Quebec, which
are companion dioceses to Limerick and Killaloe, have been in
Ireland since 22 May and tomorrow's service will bring their
visit to a close. Some will attend the Limerick and Killaloe
Diocesan Synod today (Saturday) in Villiers School, Limerick
and all will have enjoyed first hand experience of aspects of
the life of the Church of Ireland in the south-west. Last year
a party from Limerick and Killaloe visited New Hampshire and
Quebec and other individual visits have cemented this link.
Today (Saturday) Affirming Catholicism Ireland will hold a
pilgrimage to Clonmacnoise. The day will begin with a celebration
of the Eucharist in Clonmacnoise at noon and concludes with
Evensong in St Brendan's Cathedral, Clonfert. Details of Affirming
Catholicism Ireland may be had from the Revd Dr Norman Gamble,
The Rectory, Church Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin. The Friends
of St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam, will have their annual service
followed by an AGM in the Synod Hall while in Dublin the Leprosy
Mission AGM will be held.
Tomorrow, Trinity Sunday, Bishop Samuel Poyntz will conduct
confirmations in Ballymoney and Dunseverick on behalf of the
Bishop of Connor, the Rt. Revd James Moore, who is in hospital.
The Bishop of Cork, the Rt. Revd Paul Colton, will visit St
Luke's parish while in St Fin Barre's Cathedral the preacher
at Sung Mattins will be Dr Aine Hyland, Professor of Education
in UCC. In St Canice's Church, Finglas the Fingal Choral Festival
will be held.
In Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, as part of the Cathedral Arts programme, there will be an organ recital at 5.00
p.m. Australian born Anne Page, who has gained an international
reputation as an interpreter of the music of Messiaen will play
his Livre du Saint Sacrement. This is a rare chance to hear
the composer's last and greatest organ work.
On Monday, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, the Bishop of Meath and Kildare, Dr Richard Clarke, will
ordain the Revd Robert Whiteside to the priesthood in St Brigid's
Cathedral, Kildare. The preacher will be the Bishop of Lancaster,
the Rt. Revd Stephen Pedley. Since his ordination to the diaconate
last year Mr Whiteside, who is part of the Church's auxiliary
ministry, has been assisting in the parish of Clonsast.
The Amici Singers, from Leeds, will give a recital of sacred
choral music in St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam, on Monday and will
sing again on Tuesday in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway.
In St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the Cathedral Organist and
master of Choristers, Mr John Dexter, will give a recital on
Wednesday evening and on Friday the cathedral's bells will be
rung to usher in the Liberties Festival.
The Church of Ireland Press Office has announced details of
a millennium competition
for church magazines the closing date for which will be
1 March 2000. Entries will be considered under three categories
- diocesan magazines, parish magazines, and parish or society
newsheets (the definition of a newsheet is that it may not exceed
four pages). Entry forms and further details of the competition
may be had from the Church of Ireland Press Office, Church of
Ireland House, 61-67 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2QH. Email:
The Press Office
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