Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from “The Irish Times”
The Church & Europe
The Church of Ireland belongs to a number of ecumenical bodies, and the benefits of membership include opportunities to share in, and contribute to the thinking of a wide range of Churches both in Ireland and elsewhere. One of these bodies is the Conference of European Churches (CEC), whose headquarters are in Brussels, and which describes itself as comprising the Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Churches of Europe. The Church of Ireland is a full member of CEC in its own right, as well as through the Irish Council of Churches. The Church and Society Commission of CEC, which maintains a close relationship with the institutions of the European Union, and with COMECE, the Roman Catholic commission, holds regular meetings of the secretaries of ecumenical secretaries of the member Churches, most recently in Strasbourg, which was attended by Dr Kenneth Milne. The main theme of the meeting was the topic of human rights and its ramifications, and delegates were asked to identify present concerns of their Churches in this area. Much material has been produced by Church–related and other sources, which could be relevant to the conference that the Church of Ireland bishops have indicated is to be held in Ireland next Spring. It is also worth noting that CEC is likely to be the mechanism through which the Churches will be enabled to participate in the newly–introduced ‘Citizens’ initiative’ whereby the concerns of the citizens of the member states of the Union can be brought to bear on the European Commission itself
The tenth Dublin Symposium on Jonathan Swift will be held in St Patrick’s Deanery today (Saturday).Among the speakers on the theme, ‘Swift and the Church’ will be Christopher Fauske (Salem State University), Brendan Twomey (Dublin), and Regina James (New York). The symposium, will be followed tomorrow (Sunday) at Evensong by the Annual Swift Commemoration Service at which the address will be given by Canon Heuston Finlay, a Canon of Windsor, who will be installed as Canon Treasurer of St Patrick’s at the same service.
The Church of Ireland College of Education Open Day for prospective students on the B.Ed. programme takes place today between 11am and 2pm.
Today (Saturday) the Bishop of Harare, the Rt Revd Chad Gandiya, who is visiting Ireland under the auspices of USPG, will preach at the noon Eucharist in St George’s Church, Belfast, and in the afternoon he will speak on the current situation in Zimbabwe. Tomorrow (Sunday) morning he will preach in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
This afternoon (Saturday) at 2pm Changing Attitude Ireland will host a public lecture in St Catherine & St James Church, Donore Avenue, Dublin. The former Dean of Tuam, the Very Revd Ian Corbett will talk on ‘Living as a sexual and spiritual being in contrasting cultures’, and tomorrow morning (Sunday) Dean Corbett will preach in TCD Chapel on the theme ‘Is Christianity the only Way?’.
Tomorrow (Sunday) at 4pm the new Bishop of Tuam, Killala & Achonry, the Rt Revd Patrick Rooke, will be enthroned in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Killala, while on Monday the Bishop of Connor will institute the Revd Tim Close as rector of Eglantine. .
The Library Association of Ireland will host a seminar on ‘Church & Other Religious Sources for Irish Genealogy’ in the National Library of Ireland next Thursday. Among the speakers will be Dr Susan Hood who will discuss genealogical sources in the RCB Library which is the place of first resort for those interested in Church of Ireland records.
The Library Association of Ireland will host a seminar on ‘Church & Other Religious Sources for Irish Genealogy’ in the National Library of Ireland next Thursday. Among the speakers will be Dr Susan Hood who will discuss genealogical sources in the RCB Library which is the place of first resort for those interested in Church of Ireland records.