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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Ministry of Healing Course
The Church’s Ministry of Healing: Ireland is offering a 6–week online course, ‘God, Me, and Anxiety,’ which starts on 11 September at 7.30pm. Whether you experience chronic anxiety, social anxiety, anxiety for the state of the world, or simply want to spend time resting and allowing God to tend to the vulnerable parts of your being, then this course is for you. Lydia, CMH:I Ministry Leader, and Fionnula, psychotherapist and lay reader, will guide participants in sessions that include: prayer practices to help us settle; contemplative story–telling to invite curiosity; a short study or reflection on scripture; and invitations to explore practices that support us as we tend to what is anxious within us. Spaces are limited and the cost is donation based with a recommended sliding scale of €30–90, or whatever is possible for you at the moment. Go to www.ministryofhealing.ie to find out more and sign up, or contact hello@ministryofhealing.ie if you have any questions.
The August series of lunchtime organ recitals at St Fin Barre’s cathedral, Cork, concludes today (Friday) at 1.10pm when the Archdeacon of Armagh, the Ven Peter Thompson, who is also an organist in St Patrick’s cathedral, Armagh, will give a recital including works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Vierne and Howells.
On Sunday the Past Choristers Association will return to Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, to sing at the 11am Eucharist and the 3pm Evensong. Following Evensong the Association will hold its AGM, and celebrate its 10–year anniversary. In the National Cathedral of St Patrick, the Lay Vicars Choral return to sing Choral Eucharist at 11.15am and Evensong at 3.30pm.
The annual service of blessing for working and other animals will take place on Sunday at 3:00pm in Monkstown parish church, Co. Dublin. On the day the parishioners hope to be joined by friends from the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Blue Cross Animal Charity. Animal friends may not be used to attending church services, and indeed for some of them, it might be a rather strange experience. Following the service there will be an opportunity outside, weather permitting, for having pets individually blessed by the clergy and to take some photographs.
Holy Trinity church, Killiney, on Killiney Hill Road, Co. Dublin, will be open for visitors between 2pm and 4pm on each Thursday in September. A history of the parish, ‘Holy Trinity Church, Killiney, 1858–1996,’ was published in 1996.
The Dean of Limerick, the Very Revd Niall Sloane, has announced announce the 2024 Cathedral Community Awards Scheme. The Awards Scheme, which was established in 2018, hopes to highlight the ‘unsung heroes’ of Limerick and will award certificates in February 2025. Anyone from Limerick City may be nominated (by anyone) who has made a contribution towards any aspect of the civic life. Nomination forms are available from the Cathedral Office until the closing date of 30 November.
Published in the Friday edition of The Irish Times