Rector’s Thoughts

For many, the weather of summer 2012 was another in a succession of disappointing Irish summers! At the beginning of the s3ason, there was great hope that this year might deliver what the last few had not – a little…

When I last wrote (in the June Newsletter), I commented on the positive effects of improved weather at the end of May. Unfortunately, it proved to be only a short-lived spell and the weather of the past month has yet…

Our recent spell of good weather, coming as it does after such a long cold spell, has been very welcome indeed. Gardeners were beginning to worry that some of their tender plants were not going to make it. Others were…

The General Synod of the Church of Ireland will meet in Christ Church Cathedral from 10th until 12th May inclusive. This annual event, which in recent years, has alternated between Armagh and Dublin, is the main decision-making body of the…

There is something very special about this time of the year. All around us the signs of nature bursting forth with fresh growth, buds and blossoms are everywhere one turns. The countryside is particularly resplendent with the yellows of dandelions,…

From 6th to 8th February, the clergy of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough were in conference in the historic city of Kilkenny.  As is usual custom we had a guest speaker for the event in the person of…

After the severe winters of the past couple of years, there is a general acceptance that we have fared much better this year. However, it is always dangerous to make such speculations and predictions so early i the year –…

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness – on them light has shined.” Isaiah 9:2 NRSV The above verse from Scripture is one we will hear many…

I am writing in the aftermath of our recent Diocesan Synods which was held on 18th and 19th October last. There was very much a sense of change at these proceedings as it was the first time they were chaired…

Reviewing the news media over the past year could be best described as an exercise in doom and gloom. There seems to be no end to the economic woes, not just of Ireland, but the entire E.U. Come to that,…