Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News

Following the announcement by Armagh City Council this week that former Archbishop, the Rt Reverend The Lord Eames and his wife, Lady Eames are to become the first individuals to be awarded the Freedom of Armagh City, Archbishop Alan Harper issued the following response:

‘It gives me particular pleasure to welcome the action of Armagh City Council in awarding the Freedom of the City of Armagh to my distinguished predecessor, Lord Eames and to his wife, Christine.

‘The immense national and international stature of Lord Eames in both church and community life has rightly been much celebrated. This award, however, signals something more: the respect and deep affection in which Lord and Lady Eames are held in the city and district which was their home for over twenty years and the contribution they made to the community of which they were a part.

‘Northern Ireland is enjoying something of a ‘Springtime of hope’ at the moment. Much of the foundation for that hope was laid by the work, quietly undertaken by day and by night, in homes just as much as in council chambers, by Lord Eames during his long tenure of office. The whole Church of Ireland joins me in rejoicing at this timely recognition of the work of one of our most distinguished and much loved leaders.

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Item from: Church of Ireland