Tomorrow, the Feast of Pentecost, the Bishop of Meath and Kildare, Dr Richard Clarke, will celebrate the Eucharist and preach at the opening of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel's (USPG) international conference in Maynooth.
The conference , entitled "Venture Fourth" to mark the beginning of its fourth century of activity, is intended as an opportunity for USPG to listen to the voice of the worldwide church as it seeks ways in which it should work in the 21st century.
USPG is one of the leading Anglican societies. It was founded in 1965 with the amalgamation of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Anglican Universities Mission to Central Africa, but traces its roots to the establishment of SPG in 1791.
Today the Church of Ireland Men's Society will have its annual outing. This year, the society will visit Downpatrick where there will be a celebration of the Eucharist in Down Cathedral, a talk on the history of the cathedral and a visit to the St Patrick's Centre.
The choir of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will begin a short tour of Limerick where they will sing at the Vigil Mass in St Michael's Church and later give a concert of works by Byrd, Wood, Stanford and Tippett among others.
Tomorrow morning they will sing at the Eucharist in St Mary's Cathedral, where in the evening the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Right Rev Michael Mayes will ordain Mr Alan Matchett to the deaconate to serve as curate in the Limerick city parish.
Tomorrow evening in St Colman's Church, Dunmurry, the former Bishop of Connor, Dr Samuel Poyntz, will preach at the Lisburn and Derriaghy Rural Deanery Choral Festival. There will be more music on Wednesday evening when David Leigh, assistant organist in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will give a recital in St Patrick's by Camerata Allalachia.
In the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Cashel, on Friday at 11.30 a.m., Ms Margaret Kingston, Diocesan Reader, will preach at the Cashel Diocesan Choral Festival for Schools.
The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will be in England on Friday when he will deliver the annual Joseph Winter Lecture in the Diocese of Wakefield.
In Dublin, at St John's Church, Sandymount, the life and work of Percy French will be celebrated by the Percy French Society. Performances on Friday and Saturday nights will be in aid of the St John's Restoration Fund and details may be had by telephoning 012886288/2838039.
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The post is part-time and renumerated, and applications should be sent by June 15th to the Rev Robert Whiteside, Secretary, Church of Ireland Press Ltd, 26 Bachelors Walk, Lisburn, BT28 1XN.