The Church of Ireland Theological Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of two part-time members of staff with effect from 2nd April 2013: the Revd Jennifer McWhirter as Co-ordinator of Continuing Ministerial Education and Mr David Brown as Co-ordinator of Lay Training.
It was announced today that the Episcopal Electoral College for Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, meeting in Church House, Armagh has elected the Revd Ferran Glenfield, Rector of Hillsborough Parish (Down), as the new Bishop of the United Dioceses. He succeeds the Right Revd Ken Clarke, who is now Director of SAMS Ireland.
From the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh:
‘In the aftermath of the brutal murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe last night in Bellurgan our first thoughts must be with his wife Caroline and his family. Those of us of religious faith will hold them in our prayers.
It was announced today that the Episcopal Electoral College for Meath and Kildare, meeting in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin has elected The Venerable Leslie Stevenson, Archdeacon of Meath and Kildare, as the new Bishop of Meath and Kildare. Archdeacon Stevenson succeeds the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, who was translated to Armagh as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in December past.
‘Christmas Connections’
One of the ways of looking at Christmas – from an entirely secular perspective – is to see it as a time for connecting and re-connecting. We make the effort to connect (or re-connect) with family and friends, and even with some casual acquaintances. Hopefully we try to connect with people who would otherwise have no one with whom to connect – those who are alone and lonely, or who have no family or close friends to give them any comfort or companionship.
From The Rt Revd Harold Miller, Bishop of Down & Dromore:
It is deeply disturbing to learn of a death threat against the elected Member of Parliament for East Belfast, Naomi Long, and of attacks against other elected representatives, in the wake of reaction to the recent vote on the flying of the Union Flag at Belfast City Hall.
From the Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, is in Cairo on Sunday November 18 attending the enthronement of the of the new Coptic Pope. He will be representing the Archbishop of Canterbury as well as the Church of Ireland.
Statement from the leaders of the Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Ireland and the Irish Council of Churches.
Bishop Trevor Williams will tonight (24th October 2012) install the Revd Sandra Pragnell as Dean of Limerick and Rector of Limerick City Parish. The preacher will be the Rt Revd Alan Harper, recently retired Archbishop of Armagh.
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin has elected a number of new Canons (or Prebendaries) to its Chapter recently
From the Church of Ireland
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, has appointed Mr Graham Richards as a lay Canon of Armagh. Mr Richards succeeds to the stall formerly occupied by the late Canon J.L.B. Deane. Armagh Cathedral has six Lay Canons – the first were appointed in 1997 and Mr Richards will be the eleventh to take up office.
The announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairí Quinn, TD, that the patronage of the new post-primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, has been awarded to the Church of Ireland has been warmly welcomed by the Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson.
One of the more unusual and artistic pieces in the Church of Ireland Representative Church Body Library’s collections is featured in the online presentation for July’s Archive of the Month. This is an illuminated address presented to the outgoing rector of St Stephen’s Church, Dublin, the Revd James H. Walsh, by his parishioners to mark his appointment as dean of Christ Church Dublin, in 1908.
Christian Unity Committee
At the June meeting of the Standing Committee, the Archbishop of Dublin outlined the long–standing and close links between the Church of Ireland and the Moravian Church.
HM Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has attended a Service of Thanksgiving in St Macartin’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Enniskillen to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
At a meeting of the Chapter of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast on Wednesday 20th June two ecumenical canons were appointed following the retirement of the Revd Wilfred Orr and the Revd Ivan McElhinney. The new canons are the Revd Ruth Patterson of Restoration Ministries and the Revd Dr Brian Fletcher, Minister of Cullybackey Methodist Church and a former President of the Methodist Church in Ireland. The appointments have been welcomed by both the Bishop of Connor and the Bishop of Down and Dromore.
Applications are now open for young Anglican leaders from the UK to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in London this July.
The following motion was passed by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland meeting on 12th May at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin:
From The Most Revd Alan Harper, OBE, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
The death of Dr Ray Davey at the age of 97 has taken from among us one of the great pioneers of dialogue and peacemaking in Britain and Ireland. The Corrymeela Community, which Ray Davey founded in 1965, has been a constant source of influence and inspiration for all those who sought and continue to seek reconciliation and peace in Northern Ireland.
Titanic has replaced the Troubles in Northern Ireland as the new T-word that everyone is talking about.
