Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Dublin–Jerusalem link
Tomorrow (Sunday) as a part of the recently–instigated Dublin–Jerusalem diocesan link, the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, will travel with the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Brendan Carr, to Jerusalem at the invitation of Archbishop Suheil Dawani. On Monday they will be in Jerusalem and Ramallah where they will visit St Andrew’s church and the Episcopal Technical and Vocational Training Centre. The day will conclude in St George’s Guest House with a session on the Dublin Diocesan ‘Come & C’ initiative. On Tuesday they will visit Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives and the Princess Basma Centre. Following a tour of the Old City they will return to St George’s Guest House for a session on Kids4Peace.
The Archbishop is presently involved in discussions with the Lord Mayor and others around the Inter Faith Charter for Dublin.
Christians of all denominations from around the world are being encouraged by the Archbishop of Canterbury to join in a focused time of prayer known as ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ from Ascension Thursday, 25th May, until Pentecost, 4th June. St Macartin’s cathedral, Enniskillen, is joining with other Christian communities and will be opening their new Iona Prayer Room in the Cathedral Hall between 9am and 9pm each day for formal, focused or private prayer. The formal prayer sessions will continue throughout each day with readings from the Old Testament and New Testament, as well as morning and evening prayer. Focused prayer will include those for children, the government, education and for Fermanagh. There will also be time outside the organised prayer times for private prayer.
This evening (Saturday) the Bishop of Limerick & Killaloe, the Rt Revd Kenneth Kearon, will preside at a service of welcome for the Revd Jim Stephens in St John’s church, Tralee. Mr Stephens, who was ordained in 1991, has been assisting in the Kilcolman group of parishes.
‘Saying Goodbye’, a special service for anyone affected by the loss of a baby at any stage during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy, will be held in St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, tomorrow (Sunday). It is organised by The Mariposa Trust, a UK charity founded in 2012 by Zoe and Andy Clark–Coates, who saw a critical lack of support for people who, like them, had gone through baby loss.
St Doulagh’s church on the Malahide Road, at Balgriffin, will host its Annual Service of Praise & Thanksgiving tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3.30pm. The theme is ‘Jesus Christ, the Same, Yesterday, Today, and Forever’ and the guest preacher will be the Revd Brian O’Reilly, Rector of Rathdrum & Derralossary with Glenealy. Music will be provided by the 1st Company Boys Brigade Brass Band. During the service a collection will be taken up to support the Friends of St Doulagh’s Slate Appeal Fund, as part of its restoration. Further information may be had by calling 087–6711547.
On Tuesday there will be a lunchtime organ recital in Monkstown parish church, Co. Dublin, beginning at 1pm. The recitalist will be Paul Mullen who is organist in St Patrick’s church, Greystones.
Last Saturday Marsh’s Library in Dublin was thronged with children and their parents for the opening of a new exhibition ‘Hunting Stolen Books’ and for the launch of a children’s book, The Lost Library Book, by Amanda Bell. The book is based on the discovery of Marsh’s Library’s copy of a 16th century medical volume by Galen in a junk shop in Dublin in 2012 and its return to the Library.
Published in the Saturday edition of The Irish Times