CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 20th October 2001
From: The RCB Library
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Church Collections for Afghanistan
In a joint letter, under the auspices of the Church of Ireland Bishops’
Appeal, the Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin have urged the Church to
support those who are suffering in Afghanistan. In recent times these people
have suffered civil war, invasion, and, most recently, one of the harshest
regimes in the world. The country is barren after years of drought and
millions of people are displaced. Even before the current hostilities there
was a prospect of widespread famine and starvation this winter.
Churches are encouraged to hold special collections on Sunday 18
November. An emergency grant of £20,000 has already been made and the
special collections will be added to this total. Funds will be directed
through Christian Aid which has been working with local Afghan groups since
the 1980s and which has knowledgeable workers both inside and outside the
country.
Parishes are asked to return collections to their diocesan office not
later than 30 November to enable a swift response to the needs of
Afghanistan and to avoid conflicting with the Christmas collections for the
Bishops’ Appeal which take place in many parishes.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast a Service of the Word from St
Malachy’s Church, Hillsborough, where the rector is the Very Revd John
Dinnen while in St Bartholomew’s and Leeson Park churches, Dublin, the
Harvest preacher will be the Principal of the Theological College, Professor
Adrian Empey. At Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the Annual
Swift Address will be given by Professor H.J. Real, University of Muenster,
and this will be followed by a recital by David Leigh, the Cathedral’s
Acting Organist, in aid of the Cathedral Choir’s tour to Wales at the end
of this month. In Belfast Cathedral the Belfast City Youth Orchestra will
take part in the evening service which has been organized for the Road
Safety Council.
On Tuesday the lunchtime lecture in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in
the “2000 Years of Christianity” series will be given by Dr Catherine
Swift, NUI-Maynooth, on “Patrician and non-Patrician Missions to Ireland
& the Establishment of Armagh”. The AGM of the Church Education
Society will begin at 5.30 pm in the Church of Ireland College of Education
while in the Theological College Dr Alan McCormack, Chaplain of Trinity
College, will speak to the Narcissus Marsh Society on “The Epiphanous in
Douglas Coupland and Gregg Araki”.
The Irish School of Ecumenics and the Debt & Development Coalition
Ireland will host an evening meeting and one day conference on Tuesday and
Wednesday in Dublin. The topic will be “Alternative Economics: is Debt
Cancellation Enough?”: details may be had from the ISE at 01-2601144.
On Wednesday the Ferns Diocesan Synod will be held in Enniscorthy while
the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Synod will take place in Derry. During the
Derry and Raphoe Synod the Duke of Abercorn will launch “Living Stones. A
Historical Survey of the Churches of the Dioceses of Derry and Raphoe” by
Canon David Crooks, Rector of Taughboyne.
The 40th anniversary of St John’s Church, Sligo, becoming the cathedral
of the Dioceses of Elphin and Ardagh will be celebrated on Thursday evening
in St John’s Cathedral where the Bishop, the Rt Revd Ken Clarke, will
preach. In St George and St Thomas’ Church, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin,
the final lunchtime talk in the “I Believe” series will be given by Mr
Trevor Sargent, TD. As part of the Balbriggan Festival of the Arts, St
George’s Church will host an evening of “Music, Words and Flowers”
with the Cavetino Trio, and a Flower Festival which will continue until
Monday 29 October.
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