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CHURCH REVIEW ISSN 0790-0384 Church Review is published monthly and usually available by the first Sunday. Please order your copy from your Parish by annual sub scription. €40 for 2012 AD. POSTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS/CIRCULATION Copies by post are available from: Charlotte O’Brien, ‘Mountview’, The Paddock, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. E: charlotte@churchreview.ie T: 086 026 5522. The cost is the subscription and appropriate postage. COPY DEADLINE All editorial material MUST be with the Editor by 15th of the preceeding month, no matter what day of the week. Material should be sent by Email or Word attachment. VIEWS EXPRESSED Views expressed in the Church Review are those of the contributor and are not necessarily those of the Editor or Church Review Committee. EDITOR The Revd. Nigel Waugh, The Rectory, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. T: 01-287 4515. T: 086 1028888. E: editor@churchreview.ie EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Noeleen Hogan ADVERTISING Advertising details and prices are available by emailing adverts@churchreview.ie or by phoning Charlotte O’Brien on 086 026 5522. Copy should be sent to adverts@churchreview.ie or by post to Charlotte O’Brien, ‘Mountview’, The Paddock, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow by 15th of the month. CHIEF REPORTER Lynn Glanville, T: 087 2356472 E: dco@dublin.anglican.org Single copies are available from: • The National Bible Society of Ireland, Dawson Street. • The Resource Centre, Holy Trinity Church, Rathmines. PRINTING Church Review is Printed in Ireland by DCG Publications Ireland T: 048-90551811. F: 048-90551812. E: admin@dcgpublications.com CHURCH OF IRELAND UNITED DIOCESES OF DUBLIN AND GLENDALOUGH The Most Reverend Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan. Archbishop’s Letter JANUARY 2012 A New Year gives us the opportunity to grapple with two things which, by and large, are not the easiest of soul-mates. The two things to which I refer are realism and idealism. Often people make New Year Resolutions which, like Lenten Abstinences, fall at the first hurdle, like an unfortunate steed at a Seasonal Steeplechase. It is surely far better not to set yourself up to fail and, instead, to build up piece by piece, and perhaps over a period of time, a number of things which you can do and which will give you a greater and stronger sense of self-worth. Too often and too instinctively Christianity goes in the opposite direction and gives the clear impression that a sense of unworthiness is what we should be cultivating and that anyone who advocates this approach is doing everyone else a good turn. This is a deep and a dangerous mistake and, sadly, quite a lot of the responsibility for it can be laid at the feet of St Paul whose glorious conversion we celebrate later in this month of January annually. Is it any wonder, therefore, that we set ourselves up to fail with too high-flown and ridiculously idealistic New Year Resolutions? Keeping it simple is not always attractive nor is it always as simple as it sounds. I say this because it requires of us that we be willing always to go back to the beginning, back to first principles and, if necessary, to start all over again. The style of our society and the pace of contemporary expectation seem to militate against such humility. Failure is something we tend to hide. Celebrities somehow seem to manage it much better than the rest of us – they just blast and bluster on most of the time. Humility still carries with it a sense of being weak at the knees, soft at the centre and not able to cope or to keep up. Again, this is a deep and a dangerous mistake. It is a pity because humility is part of realism. It is a quality which we need to connect us to other people and to keep us connected. Without such connections, it is so much more difficult to keep our New Year Resolutions or to contemplate our Lenten Abstinences. Idealism gives us the sense that we have to do all of these things alone and on our own. In my experience, sadly, this often does not work very well. Sharing the load and the burden can and does share the eventual happiness and that is a much better place to be. Suffering and joy need to grapple to connect in the living hope of Christianity. The early days of January can be long and dark. However, a new light is already playing over the landscape, even if it still looks rather like the old light. The daylight hours will lengthen. Even if the new Resolutions have gone out with the bin by the end of the month, there will be many more opportunities to make fresh and realistic Resolutions during the rest of the year. Inez and Camilla join me in wishing each of you a very Happy 2012. † Michael COVER STORY: Noelene Scott and Gladys Williamson lead the Delgany Parish Thursday Club – an outing group for senior members of the parish. Here they are pictured with Peter Harrison at the Club’s Christmas Dinner. Such groups provide a valuable social network in many parishes. CHUrCH revIew 3
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