Remembrance Sunday, Cashel & Cork institution and installation, Busy weekend in CITI, East Belfast rector retires, Good Book Shop Coffee Morning, Crosslinks Diary Dates, Crypt Reflection Space, Dublin Patronal Festival, A Richness of Sound in Taney, Evening of Music and Hymns in Lisburn, Connor’s Energize evening, Bishop of Down attends re–opening of historic RC Church
Remembrance Sunday
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 8.10am BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a service of Reflection for Remembrance Sunday led by the Dean of Down, the Very Revd Henry Hull. The service will include readings from some of the Irish war poets linked together by reflections by Canon Noel Battye.
The Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne, will preach at the Remembrance Day service in Christ Church, Gorey. Canon Comerford will preach in the CITI Chapel where there will be the annual Act of Remembrance.
At Choral Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin at 3.30 pm, the Remembrance Sunday address will be given by journalist, Mr Kevin Myers. The service will be sung by the cathedral girls’ choir with men’s voices and the music will include Leighton responses, the canticles Whitlock in G and Duruflé, Requiem aeternam.
Cashel & Cork institution and installation
Tomorrow (Sunday) evening the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will institute the Revd Peter Tarleton to the incumbency of the Killeshin union of parishes while in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, the Bishop of Cork will preside at the installation of the Revd Ian Jonas as Prebendary of Kilbrittain & Holy Trinity.
Busy Weekend in CITI
There will be a very busy schedule in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute this weekend.
There will be twelve participants in the regular monthly study weekend for Part–Time M Th students, who will have sessions on hermeneutics with Dr Katie Heffelfinger, voice production with Joanne O’Donoghue, theological reflection with the Ven. Gordon Linney and Richard Clutterbuck, Principal of Edgehill College, Belfast, and Orthodox spirituality with Canon Patrick Comerford
The final day conference for those undertaking the Foundation Access Course, which is a prerequisite for those considering training for ordination, will be held today (Saturday). This will be facilitated by the Revd Dr Tim Hull from St John’s College, Nottingham.
East Belfast rector retires
The Revd Desmond Logan retired on the 30th October after 14 years as Rector of St. Clements, Belfast.
Mr Logan, originally a parishioner of St Finnian’s, Cregagh, entered the stipendiary ministry after a successful career in the civil service. Initially he was a lay reader before training for the NSM and serving in several parishes in the Diocese of Down and Dromore.
He became incumbent of St Clements in 1997.
After church, about 100 people gathered to pay tribute to Desmond and Joan at a farewell lunch in the hall. They were warmly thanked for their 14 years of faithful ministry and presented with pictures, flowers and gift tokens towards holidays and a garden centre.
Good Book Shop Coffee Morning
The Good Book Shop, Belfast, will host a coffee morning on Wednesday 16th November from 10.30 am till 12 noon. Enjoy tea, coffee, scones, traybakes and muffins and some bargains! 20% off selected Bibles and on books relating to the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Proceeds in aid of the King James Bible Trust. And while you’re in, take a look at some books for Advent.
Crosslinks Diary Dates
November 2011
8th at 8pm: Evening with guest speaker Jo (Willowfield Parish Church, Woodstock Road, Belfast)
28th at 8pm: Belfast Prayer Meeting (Crosslinks Office, 32 Montgomery Road, Belfast, BT6 9HL)
January 2012 28th at 10am: Crosslinks Day Conference with Rev’d Hugh Palmer, Rector, All Souls, Langham Place, London, (Willowfield Parish Church). More details to follow.
Crypt Reflection Space
From 6.00 to 8.00pm on the third Tuesday of each month the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will be open for personal reflection. A space will be created to allow individuals to sit and consider, in peace, their lives and the things that occupy their minds for as long or as short a time as they need. The next reflection space will be next Tuesday evening and further details may be had from the Revd Garth Bunting (garth.bunting@cccdub.ie).
St Doulagh’s Patronal Festival
Next Thursday 17 November 2011 is St Doulagh’s Day and the patronal festival will be celebrated in St Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffin, Dublin diocese. The preacher will be the Revd Martin O’Connor, a former parishioner, who is currently a NSM in St Ann’s Church, Dublin.
Altissimo Quintet play in Taney
This evening, Saturday 12 November 2011 at 8.00pm in Christ Church, Taney, there will be a parish fund raising concert, ‘A Richness of Sound’ presented by the Altissimo Quintet who will play works by Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Dvořák.
Evening of Music and Hymns
St Columba’s, Derryvolgie, Lisburn, hosted a successful praise evening of music and hymns on Sunday November 6.
The evening featured the Murley Silver Band from Fivemiletown, who were welcomed by the new rector of Derryvolgie, the Rev Stephen McElhinney.
The band was conducted by Ann Bloomfield and her sister Judith Anderson was the soloist. Supper was served afterwards by the Derryvolgie ladies.
Energize youth events for November
Connor’s Energize committee has two major events planned for November.
Come Dine with Me on Wednesday November 16 is an evening with Bishop Alan Abernethy and the Energize group at the Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim, for full and part time youth workers and CYM students in the diocese.
The evening will be relaxed with great food and presents an opportunity to share the vision of Energize, talk about upcoming events and will encourage everyone to be involved in a bigger ministry in the diocese. Come Dine with Me takes place from 5pm–7pm.
On Sunday November 20, Lisburn Cathedral is the venue for the annual Energize Worship. Starting at 6pm, this is an event that is eagerly looked forward to each year.
This year the worship will be led by Bean Baker and Band. Bean, real name Andrew, works with NGM Bristol and leads worship all over the UK. Bean and the Band lead worship each month at Lisburn Cathedral’s Elevate worship event.
The Energize organisers are delighted to have Greg Fromholz as speaker at the event. Greg is the Youth Director at 3Rock Youth in Dublin.
Energize committee member Keith Neill said: “He is a gifted communicator and we are excited to hear what Greg has to say on the theme of ‘HOPE.’
All young people and leaders are welcome at the event.
Bishop of Down attends re–opening of historic RC Church
One of the finest Roman Catholic Chapels in Ireland re–opened its doors on Sunday 6th November after a 3 million pounds refurbishment. Built in 1833, St Peter’s Parish Church in Lurgan had been closed for more than two years, with parishioners using a temporary chapel a few hundred yards away.
The re–dedication Mass was led by the Catholic Bishop of Dromore, Dr John McAreavey. Special guests included the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Dromore, The Rt Revd Harold Miller and other Protestant clergy.
In a town with a reputation for religious division, Bishop McAreavey described the attendance of his friend Harold Miller as hugely significant.
“The re–opening of our Church is an occasion of great joy, hope and celebration for us,” said Bishop McAreavey.
“Bishop Miller’s presence demonstrates his interest in what is happening in our church, particularly in the area of renewal of faith, and we try to support each other as much as possible in our roles as Christian leaders.
“We are trying to ensure that traditional walls between our communities come down, and that our communities see each other as partners in faith, rather than as rivals.”
St Peter’s was built 178 years ago on land donated to the Catholic Church by Lord Lurgan, Baron Charles Brownlow, and two of his direct descendants also accepted an invitation to attend the ceremony.
“I am delighted members of the Brownlow family have agreed to attend this special Mass and to allow us to demonstrate our gratitude for the generous gesture that enabled this beautiful church to be built on this site,” said Parish Priest Monsignor Aiden Hamill.
“This is about much more than re–opening a building, it is about the community that St Peter’s serves. We see the church as the heart of the community and want to reflect that in the opening ceremony. This is about people, not just a building.”