CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 5 June 1999
From: The
RCB Library
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St George's Bells to Ring Again
An appeal has been launched to finance the re-hanging of the famous
bells from St George's Church, Temple Street, in Christ Church, Taney,
Dundrum. Styled as a "Millennium Opportunity" the appeal seeks
to raise £64,000 which is needed for structural work inside the Christ
Church tower, for the construction of a hanging chamber, and for a sound
proofing system to ensure silent practice.
The peal of eight bells was cast in London in 1825 for Francis
Johnston, the eminent Dublin architect who designed the General Post
Office. Johnston presented the bells to St George's in 1828 and was one
of the original bell ringers. The bells, made famous in James Joyce's
Ulysses, were a familiar sound on the northside of Dublin for many years
until the closure of St George's Church in 1990. Now it is hoped that
they will ring again to mark the beginning of the new millennium and
training is already under way to ensure that ringing teams will be
ready.
Those who wish to support this project, either by making a financial
contribution, or by agreeing to sponsor a bell should contact the Rector
of Taney, Canon Desmond Sinnamon (01-298 5491) or Mrs Vivien Hood
(01-298 6367).
Today (Saturday) the choir of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will
sing and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, will preach at a
special service to mark the centenary of St Saviour's Church, Arklow,
after which there will be an inaugural meeting of the Friends of St
Saviour's. The Church of Ireland Men's Society will visit Omagh while in
St Mary's Church, Cong, Fr Liam Swords will give a lecture on "The
Famine and the Role of the Church of Ireland". In Christ Church
Cathedral, Dublin, Evensong will be sung by the choir of St Columb's
Cathedral, Derry, who will also sing the services tomorrow (Sunday) with
the Christ Church Girls' Choir.
Tomorrow (Sunday) the Bishop of Down and Dromore, the Rt. Revd Harold
Miller, will ordain five priests and Bishop Samuel Poyntz, acting for
the Bishop of Connor, will raise three deacons to the priesthood. In St
Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, there will be a Memorial Service for the
former Bishop of Cork, the Rt. Revd Gordon Perdue, while in Dublin Dr
Raj Rajkumar, a CMSI mission partner from south India, will speak in St
Matthias' Church, Ballybrack.
On Tuesday the final exhibition in the present Chester Beatty Library
in Ballsbridge opens. "The End is Near" will be devoted to the
Book of Revelation and will include medieval chronicles, Books of Hours,
works of Albrecht Durer, and modern interpretations from books and
magazines. The noted stained glass expert, Dr David Lawrence, will speak
on "Stained Glass in the Church of Ireland" in the Hotel
Kilkenny on Wednesday evening while in the West Cork Hotel,
Castletownshend, Dr Claudia Kinmonth will give a lecture on "Irish
Country Furniture" in aid of St Barrahane's Church Roof Restoration
Fund. In St Mary's Cathedral the Bishop of Limerick, the Rt. Revd Edward
Darling, will ordain the Revd Cliff Jeffers to the priesthood.
A Festival of Flowers in St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, will be
opened by the Lady Mayoress on Thursday evening and will continue until
Sunday when the preacher at Evensong will be the Archbishop of Dublin.
On Friday the Bishop of Derry, Dr James Mehaffey, will ordain Garth
Bunting to the diaconate to serve in the parish of Clooney. In Mullingar
the Bishop of Meath and Kildare, Dr Richard Clarke, will re-dedicate the
re-ordered All Saints' Church where the preacher will be the Dean of
Christ Church, the Very Revd John Paterson.
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