Launch of Parish LGBT Welcome leaflet; Summer Search; Limerick recital; Bishop’s Curate, St Clement’s; Connor clergy retreat in the Lake District; irish youth and suicide; Wyse Jackson, our botanist in Missouri
Launch of Parish LGBT Welcome leaflet
On Friday Changing Attitude Ireland will hold a lunchtime meeting in St Audoen’s Church, Dublin, where the Dean of Christ Church, the Very Revd Revd Dermot Dunne will launch a Parish LGBT Welcome leaflet. This will be followed by a 30 minute extract from the recent documentary “Love Free or Die” about the debate in the US Episcopal Church on the question of the ordination of gay persons.
Summer Search
Three contributions from the recent Cavan Conference on human sexuality, which will be published in the summer issue of Search, will be available at the RE Resource Centre stand at the Synod – Doug Baker on ‘Handling Conflict in the Church’, Bishop Gregory Cameron’s summary reflections on the conference, and the Revd Stephen Farrell on the legal issues north and south of the border as articulated at the conference plus a consideration of canon law factors.
Limerick recital
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, today will be given by Irina Dernova (piano) and Helen Houlihan (soprano) who will perform works by Vivaldi, Bach, Bridge and Gounod.
Introduction part–time Bishop’s Curate, St Clement’s
Revd Chris Bennett will be introduced as part–time Bishop’s Curate in St Clement’s, Templemore Avenue, alongside his work as chaplain in the Titanic Quarter. The service will take place on 31 May at 8.00pm.
Connor clergy retreat
Connor clergy retreat in the Lake District Rydal Hall in the English Lake District was the location for Connor Diocese’s 2012 Continuing Education in Ministry (CEM) retreat. The hall is the conference and Retreat Centre of the Diocese of Carlisle. The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, the Archdeacons of Belfast and Dalriada, and members of the Continuing Education in Ministry team joined curates from Connor Diocese for the annual retreat. This year the guest speaker was the Rev Jonathan Carmyllie from the Diocese of Manchester, who will be a familiar name to many in Connor as he was joint leader of the 2011 diocesan pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Clergy left for the Retreat on Monday April 23, returning on Thursday April 26.
irish youth and suicide
TheJournal.ie – 93 per cent rise in young people seeking help for self-harm, suicidal thoughts.Suicide and self-harm crisis centre Pieta House says young women account for most of the increase in those seeking help.
Wyse Jackson, our botanist in Missouri
Irish Times – There was not much public fanfare here 18 months ago when Dr Peter Wyse Jackson moved from the directorship of our National Botanic Gardens, in Glasnevin, to the presidency of one of its most prestigious sister organisations, Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis. He took over the post from the legendary botanist and conservationist Peter Raven.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2012/0428/1224315282199.html