CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 17 July 1999
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Bishops' Appeal Allocations
The Bishops' Appeal, which is the principal vehicle through which the
Church of Ireland supports the developing world, has announced funding
for eight projects in Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. Donations
from parishes, amounting to more than £59,000, have made this response
possible but there remains a formidable waiting list.
In Africa, £15,000 was given to the Church Missionary Society
Ireland for work in Bishop Allison Theological College in the Sudan and
for supplying emergency household items in the Congo. A grant of
£10,000 was approved for the Konkomba Literacy and Development
Programme in Ghana which is committed to improving the living conditions
of the poor.
In Asia, support has been provided for the Muslim-Christian Agency
for Rural Development which was established in 1984 to encourage farming
communities in Mindanao in the Philippines, and assistance has been
given to agricultural development programmes in Cambodia. Both these
grants have been sent through Christian Aid.
Contributions have been made to "Passage House" which is a
Brazilian project to rehabilitate street girls, and to a social centre
comprising a soup kitchen, hostel and medical facility, in Oradee,
Romania. More generally, the Bishops' Appeal has contributed to the
special programme of the United Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, "Take the First Step", which provides physiotherapy,
artificial limbs, corrective surgery and mobility aids.
Today (Saturday), in Co. Wexford, the Ardamine Union of Parishes will
hold a Summer Bazaar in the Riverchapel Community Centre. In Christ
Church Cathedral, Dublin, Evensong will be sung by the Chapel Choir of
Tonbridge School, Kent, who will also sing the services tomorrow
(Sunday). Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast Morning Service from
Ballydehob, Co. Cork, where the rector is the Revd Paul Draper. The
preacher at the Sung Eucharist in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will
be the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, who by virtue of his
office is Prebendary of Cualuan in the cathedral chapter. In
Clonmacnoise the Eucharist will be celebrated in Templeconnor Church at
4.00 p.m..
In Dublin on Wednesday the Executive Committee of the Representative Church Body will
meet in Church of Ireland House while in Christ Church Cathedral
Evensong will be sung by the Chapel Choir of University College, Durham,
who will also sing Evensong on Thursday.
On Friday there will be a memorial service in Abbeyleix parish church
for the Very Revd Maurice Talbot who was Dean of Limerick from 1954 to
1971. A number of attractive musical events will be held in various
Church of Ireland venues in the coming week. This evening in St
Werburgh's Church, Dublin, there will be a recital by Graham Trew
(baritone) and David Williams (piano) and in the same location on Friday
there will be a concert of sacred choral and organ music by the Chapel
Choir of University College, Durham. In the Church of the Ascension,
Timoleague, there will be a "Classic Brass" concert tomorrow
(Sunday) evening, and on Tuesday in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin,
there will be a lunchtime recital by the Oxford Chamber Choir.
Last week the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Rt. Revd Paul
Colton, opened the St Barrahane's Church Festival of Classical Music in
Castletownshend. The second concert in the series will be given on
Thursday evening by the Orpheus Trio.
Further afield the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, who are
on tour in New Zealand, will give a concert this evening (Saturday) in
Wellington Cathedral where they will sing Evensong tomorrow (Sunday). On
Wednesday they will give a concert in Napier Cathedral and on Friday
they will be in Auckland for a New Zealand-Ireland Fund concert.
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