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Parish Readers Bring Gifts to the Diocese Eight new Parish Readers from all over the United Diocese have been commissioned. The new readers were commissioned recently in St John the Baptist Church in Clontarf by the Archbishop, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson. They bring to their new positions a variety of gifts and come from different traditions. Some now plan to continue on their journey to become Diocesan Readers. After two years’ of study and preparation, Gillian Dean from St George and St Thomas; Alan French of Glenageary; James Kilbey of St Patrick’s Cathedral Group of Parishes; Jon Kirby of Donoughmore, Donard and Dunlavin; David O’Halloran from Crumlin and Chapelizod, Victoria O. Osigbade-Oso from Tallaght, Shona Rusk of Crumlin and Chapelizod and Brendan Sheahan from Celbridge and Straffan with Newcastle-Lyons were all made Parish Readers. Dr Jackson welcomed the candidates and those who had travelled to support them from all over Dublin and Wicklow. He praised the BISHOPS’ APPEAL great work the eight had put into their preparations and commended them to prayer. The service was devised and led by the eight candidates in conjunction with the director of Lay Ministries, Revd John Tanner and his assistant, Uta Raab. In her sermon, Ms Raab said it was fitting that the service should have taken place in Clontarf where another member of the trainee group, Mark Atchinson, was already an established Parish Reader. She outlined the role of a Parish Reader. She explained that they could lead Morning and Evening Prayer services and Services of the Word as well as many parts in a Holy Communion service. They do not have licence to preach but they can read their rector’s sermons or deliver their own if approved by their rector. “Parish Readers are not meant to robe, despite the different customs that I know exist around our United Diocese. The office of Parish Reader is therefore in the main a liturgical one, and intended to enrich the vital Eight new Parish Readers from the United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough – Gillian Dean, Alan French, James Kolbe, Jon Kirby, David O’Halloran, Victoria Osigbade-Oso, Shona Rusk and Brendan Sheahan. They are pictured with the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, Rev John Tanner and Uta Raab. The response to the Horn of Africa appeal within the Church of Ireland has seen a substantial sum of money released to Christian Aid and their partners working on the ground in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Over €92,000 and £32,500 has been raised in parishes around the country to combat the devastating effects of the drought. It has been noted that this is approximately two thirds of the amount released by the Irish Government to Christian Aid. To date, nearly 14 million people have been affected by the failed rains in the region. Entire river beds have dried up, and many communities have been displaced in their search for water. The provision of emergency water tanks and boreholes has enabled families to feed their livestock, which in turn has provided them with milk for their children, who are battling malnutrition. A community member in Northern Kenya, Botu Utani, commented that the provision of a water point has kept them alive: ‘Without the water… most of us would have died, especially the pregnant women and feeding mothers. Even our camels are dying. And when the animals collapse, we as people also collapse. We are so grateful for the water. We can drink the water and cook with it. But we haven't washed for weeks.’ Uta Raab preaches at the commissioning of new Parish Readers at St. John the Baptist Church in Clontarf. component of worship in a parish, in an active, leading role,” she said. Referring to the readings, Ms Raab said both New Testament passages spoke about acts of ministry and discipleship. She said ministry and discipleship had already been evidenced in the lives of the eight men and women before they embarked on their training. They had lived out their faith by carrying out important ministries that do not receive official recognition serving as church wardens, readers of lessons, Sunday Club leaders, Diocesan Synods people and more. “These eight people before you represent not only a variety of skills and gifts, but also different traditions within our Church. Furthermore, considering that both the Isaiah text and the passage from Acts refer to other nations or nationalities, and that, to my knowledge, at least two of our eight candidates aren’t Irish, you can imagine that it pleases me greatly that one does not even have to be Irish to train for lay ministry within the Church of Ireland,” she commented. “By a lucky coincidence of the calendar, we are able to celebrate the Parish Reader commissioning of Alan, Brendan, David, Gillian, Jimmy, Jon, Shona and Victoria on this eve of Advent, the start of a new Church Year, which ties in beautifully with the beginning of a new stage for each of them in their ministry,” she stated. 8 CHUrCH revIew
N E W S SCÉALA NA nGAEL TRÍ SHEIRBHÍS GHAEILGE a bheidh againn an mhí seo agus iad go léir in ArdTeampall Críost (Christ Church Cathedral) i lár na cathrach. (1) Seirbhís Éacúimineach (i gcomhar le Pobal an Aifrinn) Dé hAoine, 20 Eanáir, ar a hocht ac chlog tráthnóna. Is é an tAth. Alan Mac Eochagáin a thabharfas an seanmóin agus beidh daltaí Ghaelscoil na Cille ó Chill Dheagláin, Co. Na Mí inár dteannta. (2) An Chomaoineach Naofa ar a cúig a chlog tráthnóna an 22 Eanáir (Ceathrú Domhnach). (3) An Eocairist um Am Lóin (Lunchtime Eucharist) ar 12.45 an 23 Eanáir (Ceathrú Luan). DEA-RÚIN DON BHLIAIN ÚIR: Sonas oraibh sa Bhliain Úir! Bkeidh sibh níos sona fós, mar a mheasaim, má dhéanann sibh trí cinn de dhea-rúin: (a) am breise a chaitheamh le hurnaí; (b) tuilleadh staidéir a dhéanamh ar an mBíobla – i nGaeilge, i mBéarla nó i do rogha teanga; (c) iarracht níos láidre a dhéanamh chun an méid a fhoghlaimíonn tú ó do chuid staidéir ar an Scrioptúr a chur i bhfeidhm i do shaol laethúil – rud a thugann ar ais chun na hurnaí sinn, mar beidh gá agat le bheith ag guí má tá tú le neart a fháil ó Dhia lena thoil a chur i ngníomh. STAIDÉAR AR AN mBÍOBLA – SEANFHOCAIL NA GAEILGE: Is dócha nach bhfuil teanga san Eoraip gan rian fágtha ag an mBíobla uirthi – go háirithe sna seanfhocail agus i gcora cainte traidisiúnta eile. Mar shampla, nuair a dhiúltaigh muintir Nasair (Nazareth) glacadh le teagasc Íosa, dúirt Sé: “Ní ghlactar le fáidh ar bith ina thír dhúchais féin.” (Lúcás/Luke 4:24). Nach é sin is bun lenár seanfhocal Gaeilge féin: “Ní bhíonn meas ar an bhfáidh ina dhúiche féin.”? Agus ní gá duit ach féachaint ar an gcuntas faoin mbean a dtángthas aniar aduaidh uirthi san adhaltranas (Eoin/John 8:2-11) leis an seanfhocal Gaeilge sin a thuiscint: “An té atá saor, caitheadh sé cloch.” COMÓRTAS NA BLIANA ÚIRE 2012: Críochnaigh an véarsa seo ón Tiomna Nua Gaeilge: “Mar níor tháinig Mac an duine le seirbhís a fháil...” Éarlais Leabhar (book token) ar €10 (deich n-euro) don chéad fhreagra ceart as an mála. Freagraí (faoi 31 Eanáir) chuig: COMÓRTAS NA BLIANA ÚIRE 2012, 23 Cúirt Bhrabazon, 2 Br. Gilford, Baile Átha Cliath 4. BÍGÍ AG GUÍ don MheánOirthear – go háirithe faoin mbaol mórchogaidh agus faoi shaoirse creidimh do Chríostaithe. Agus guígí d’Éirinn freisin! BEANNACHT DÉ ORAIBH GO LÉIR SAN ATHBHLIAIN! R. SEATHRÚN MAC ÉIN History journal includes paper by CITI lecturer Canon Patrick Comerford of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute is one of the principal contributors to the latest edition of the Journal of the Wexford Historical Society. The 2011-2012 edition (Number 23) is edited by Ms Celestine Rafferty and was launched in the Greenacres Art Gallery in Wexford by Professor Kevin Whelan of the Keough Naughton Notre Dame Centre, Dublin. Canon Comerford’s paper, ‘James Comerford (1817-1902): rediscovering a Wexford-born Victorian stuccodore’s art,’ is the first paper in the Journal, and looks at the work and career of his great-grandfather, James Comerford who began his career working with the architects Richard Pierce, AWN Pugin and JJ McCarthy on their Wexford churches. After Pugin’s death, he moved from Wexford to Dublin, where his artistic and architectural work included the now-demolished ‘Irish House’ on the corner of Wintetavern Street and Wood Quay, below Christ Church Cathedral, and the Oarsman, a public house still standing in Ringsend. Canon Comerford is Lecturer in Anglicanism and Liturgy in CITI. His paper is illustrated with photographs telling the life story of this Wexford-born artist and trade unionist, who began his life as a stuccordore and ended his career as an architect and civil servant. “I’m just the editor,” Ms Rafferty said at the launch. “The real kudos should go to the 13 contributors: without them there wouldn’t be a journal.” The other contributors to the Journal include Mr Bernard Browne, who writes on Canon Patrick Comerford with Bernard Browne of Mill Quarter, Old Ross, at the launch of the Journal of the Wexford Historical Society (Photograph: Barbara Comerford). Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834), an American Methodist preacher in Wexford, Mr David Ian Hamilton, who traces the story of the Sutton family of Longraigue; and Mrs Eithne Scallan, who has written a short biography of Dr George Hadden (1882-1973), the Methodist missionary and founder of the Wexford Historical Society. The attendance at launch included Alderman Joe Ryan, former Mayor of Wexford, and Mr Jarlath Glynn, President of the Wexford Historical Society. CITI Advent Carol Service At the Church of Ireland Theologival Institute Advent Carol Service in Saint Nahi's Church, Dundrum (from left): the Revd Dr Maurice Elliott, Director of CITI, the Right Revd Samuel Poyntz, retured Bishop of Connor, the Revd Berne Daly, former Lecturer in the Church of Ireland Theological College and a former curate in the parish, and Canon Patrick Comerford, lecturer in Anglicanism and Liturgy, CITI, who led the service. CHUrCH revIew 9
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