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In case you hadn’t noticed, the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough have recently released a new design for their website. It’s worth a look if you’re interested in that kind of thing – and is (as it ever was) an excellent source of news from around the diocese
This afternoon at Christ Church, we celebrated the ordination of 3 deacons within the diocese. This is the first of two ordination services taking place in the cathedral; the second of which being the ordination of priests next Sunday. Both the services are quite special in their own way. However, for me the ordination of […]
It’s an important night in the cathedral tonight, as we have the installation service for our new Dean, the Venerable Dermot Dunne. Admission to the service is by ticket only, and we’re expecting a big crowd. There’ll be representatives from the diocese, and from across the southern province too – and a lot of extra […]
It was announced at the start of the Eucharist on Sunday morning that the archbishop has appointed the Venerable Dermot Dunne as the next Dean of Christ Church. Dermot Dunne is the current archdeacon of Ferns, and was formerly dean’s vicar of the cathedral under Dean John Paterson from 1999 to 2001. His installation as […]
For the first time since I started singing at the cathedral, I’m making the effort this evening to go and hear another church choir in the city. I’m also feeling the need to recharge my Anglo-Catholic batteries with a bit of high-church worship too. And luckily it’s the feast of Corpus Christi this evening, so […]