News: Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times: Saturday 29 November 2014 Appeal for Gaza ‘Let’s prepare a place at our table this Christmas’ – that’s the plea from the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough which is running an emergency appeal for Gaza this Advent. The appeal was launched last Tuesday by the Archbishop of Dublin and the dioceses aims to raise €150,000 for the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. The non–political appeal is being run as part of a longer term link which is being nurtured between Dublin and Glendalough and the Diocese of Jerusalem. The funds raised will be used for two specific projects in Al Ahli Hospital: to improve facilities for on–call staff and to install solar panels to ensure a more secure electricity supply for the hospital. The appeal is being coordinated by the Dublin and Glendalough Council for Mission in partnership with Bishops’ Appeal, the United Society and Friends of Sabeel. The longer term link between the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East aims to offer friendship and solidarity in a region where the number of Christians is dwindling. Al Ahli Hospital was built in 1882 by CMS and is owned and controlled by the Diocese of Jerusalem. The hospital’s vision is: ‘To continue providing the finest medical care possible under the most adverse circumstances to the marginalised and vulnerable poor people whose livelihood are threatened by the effect of human–made disaster, with special attention to the refugee and the poorest of the poor. The hospital is committed to building people’s capacity and competence alongside the development and maintenance of an adequate standard of diagnostic and clinical services’. Donations can be made to Bishops’ Appeal either by envelopes which are available in all parish churches or by electronic transfer to IBAN: IE BOFI9000 1749 8394 99 BIC: BOFIIE2D (reference Gaza) facebook/prepareaplace Author and playwright Michael Harding will speak in the Chapel of Trinity College Dublin tomorrow (Sunday) at 10.45am Choral Eucharist. Harding’s creative chronicle of ordinary life in the Irish midlands is published as a weekly column in The Irish Times. His address is part of the “By the Book: Literature for Living” series of Michaelmas Term addresses in TCD Chapel and he will speak about “If This Is A Man” by Primo Levi. At the same time in St Mary’s church, Carlow, there will be a Healing Service with representatives of the Church’s Ministry of Healing. Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3.15pm in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, Christian Aid will host ‘Advent Hope’ a service of worship, prayer and reflection from a global perspective at which the preacher will be the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams. Partners in this service, on the eve of World Aids Day will be ACET (Aids Care Education & Training) In St John’s church, Lanesborough. Co. Longford, at 4pm there will be an Advent Sunday Songs of Praise with the Kilmore Cathedral Choir conducted by the recently retired Dean of Kilmore, the Very Revd Raymond Ferguson. On Wednesday the lunchtime piano recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, will be given by Lorna Moore who will play works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven and Debussy. The Kilkenny College Chamber Choir & Orchestra, directed by David Milne, will be in St. Fintan’s Church, Durrow, co. Laois, on Thursday at 8.00 pm performing seasonal music by Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Mozart, Chilcott, Britten & Tavener and more. The concert will feature the 1797 Green organ, originally installed in TCD. Mulled wine & mince pies will be served. All in aid of the St Fintan’s Church Fabric Fund. --- Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 05:51:07 +0000
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