CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES
For Saturday 19th February 2000
From: The RCB
Library
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Friends of Kilmore Cathedral
On Monday evening in the Hotel Kilmore, Dublin Road, Cavan, there
will be a meeting to launch an association of Friends of St Fethlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore. The
association will seek to establish the cathedral as a focal point for
the local community, to promote its heritage and make its cultural
resources more accessible, to develop and promote the cathedral, and to
develop friendships and common bonds among the members.
This initiative by the Dean of Kilmore, the Very Revd David Godfrey,
is most timely for the cathedrals of the Church of Ireland are enjoying
something of a renaissance. Interest in Irish heritage and local history
has never been stronger while the place of the Church of Ireland,
especially in areas where it is a demonstrably minority community, has
never been more welcome. In short, the whole community is now interested
in places which once seemed doomed to be the foci for a dwindling,
disregarded community, and the objects of the attention of a few
antiquarians.
The philanthropic, educational and social dimensions which an
association of friends can bring to a cathedral are well illustrated by
the examples of Christ Church and St Patrick's in Dublin. Kilmore may
not have the catchment area of the capital city but it certainly will
have potential links with many families and individuals who, though now
far away, may recall St Fethlimidh's Cathedral with affection. For those
who cannot attend the meeting on Monday, further information may be had
from the Very Revd David Godfrey, The Deanery, Danesfort, Cavan.
Today (Saturday) the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will
preach at a Millennium Service for the Girl Guides' Association in St
Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will broadcast Morning Service from St
Multose's Church, Kinsale, where the rector is Canon David Williams,
while BBC Radio 4 will carry a service from Belfast Cathedral. In St Fin
Barre's Cathedral, Cork, the preacher in "The Church in the World
Today" series will be Canon Paul Draper, while a former Bishop of
Cork, Dr Samuel Poyntz, will preach in St Colman's Church, Dunmurry. In
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the second in a monthly series of
addresses on "Hopes for the New Millennium" will be given at
Evensong by the Revd Michael Hurley SJ.
The lunchtime lecture in Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, on Tuesday will be given by Dr Hugh Campbell, UCD, who will
speak on "The Wide Streets Commissioners and the City
Corporation". At 8.00 pm in St Columba's College, Dublin, the first
in a series of millennium lectures will be given in the College Chapel.
Dr Michael Murphy will speak on "Culture and Faith a Personal
Perspective", and all are welcome.
On Wednesday the Executive Committee of the Representative Church
Body will meet in Church of Ireland House, Dublin. At 7.30 pm in Holy
Trinity Church, Church Avenue, Rathmines, there will be an inter-church
service of worship in French which has been organized by the ordinands
in the Theological College. The preacher will be a second year student,
M. Francois Murenzi. In Trinity College, the final lecture in the
chaplaincy spring series will be given by Sergio Benedetti, National
Gallery, who will speak on "Art and Christianity".
On Friday the Archbishop of Armagh will conduct the Daily Service on
BBC Radio 4, and in the evening will institute the Revd W.R. Ferguson to
the incumbency of Carnteel and Crilly, Aughnacloy. The Archbishop of
Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, will open an Exhibition and Sale of Paintings
in the Mageough Home, Cowper Road, Rathgar, which will be in aid of the
Home and the Church's Ministry of Healing.
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