Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
The bishops’ books
Two Church of Ireland bishops are featured in two recent publications.
Richard Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin from 1831 until 1863, is the subject of a new full length study by Ciara Boylan. Whateley is remembered as a distinguished fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, where he was a pioneer of the emerging study of economics; as a surprise appointment to the see of Dublin, not least because he was a supporter of Catholic emancipation; and as a supporter of non–denominational education. He endowed a chair of political economy in Trinity College, Dublin, but also supported the provision of public money for Maynooth in 1845. Whately died in London in 1863 and was buried in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, where his portrait by Catterson Smith hangs in the Chapter House. Whateley has been the subject of studies by D.H. Akenson and more recently by Archbishop Richard Clarke who also wrote his entry for the DIB. The life and career of Archbishop Richard Whateley: Ireland, religion and reform has been published by Four Courts Press.
Robert Wyse Jackson was described by Dean Robert MacCarthy in an appraisal, published in Search, in 2013, as ‘the last of the polymaths’. Wyse Jackson, born in Ireland but trained as a barrister in London and ordained in the Church of England, returned to Ireland in 1936 and served in the dioceses of Killaloe, Limerick and Cashel, before his election as Bishop of Limerick in 1961. He wrote widely, especially on church history, Irish silver and Jonathan Swift. His Scenes from Irish clerical life in the 17th and 18th century, published in 1961, has been produced in a new edition by the Ballinakella Press. Life in the Church of Ireland, 1600–1800 reproduces the text of the 1961 book with an introduction by Canon Patrick Comerford, and the welcome addition of an index and some of the bishop’s drawings.
Tomorrow (Sunday), the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the patronal festival of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, will be celebrated. The Eucharist will be celebrated at 11am after which the Friends of Christ Church will gather for lunch followed by their AGM at 2.30pm. Evensong will follow at 3.30pm. The Bishop of Cork will preside and preach at a service to mark the 150th anniversary of Holy Trinity church, Crosshaven. In St Catherine’s church, Tullamore, the Church’s Ministry of Healing will hold its annual Thanksgiving Service & Gift Day at 3pm. Canon Daniel Nuzum, Chaplain of Cork City Hospitals, will preach.
The first in the 2018 series of Music in Calary concerts will take place in Calary church, Co. Wicklow, at 8pm and features Musici Ireland who will play Brahms and Mozart clarinet quintets. The artists performing will be Mia Cooper and Siun Milne (violin), Beth McNinch (viola), Katie Tertell (cello) and Conor Sheil (clarinet) – for a booking or more information, please contact John on (01) 2818146 or derekneilson@eircom.net
On Monday the AGM of the Sunday School Society for Ireland will be held in Church of Ireland House, Dublin. There is an open invitation to attend this AGM.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by pianist Stuart O’Sullivan.
The annual retreats of the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer will take place next month. There will be a weekend retreat from 15 to 17 June and a midweek retreat from 18 to 20 June. Both retreats will be held in Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, near Newry, and the witness will be Catherine Older. Details may be had from Ms Nuala Dudley at nualadudley@eircom.net
Published in the Saturday edition of The Irish Times