United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 2011-2012
Foreword to 2012 Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
A cycle of prayer is an important way for all of us to feel included in the spiritual life of the diocese. The realization that as we are praying for others, so others are praying for us, is a source of strength and comfort, as well as Godly challenge.
On behalf of all of us, I thank Canon Mark Gardner for his meticulous work in the preparation of this Cycle of Prayer each year. This underpins and expresses our diocesan commitment to be a family of churches which belongs together and in which we pray for one another.
Enriched by prayer for one another in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we are always in need of looking outwards as well as inwards. My own prayer would be that we uphold before God those whom we do not see every bit as much as those whom we see Sunday by Sunday in our own parish churches.
+Michael Dublin & Glendalough
Links
The Diocesan Cycle of Prayer (a weekly cycle) is online at
The Porvoo Prayer Calendar (a weekly cycle) is online at
The Anglican Cycle of Prayer (a daily cycle) is online at
The Mothers’ Union Cycle of Prayer is online at
ChristChurch Cathedral’s Sunday Intercessions are often on the website at
Note
The Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is published by the Diocesan Office and edited by Canon Mark Gardner, who will always be pleased to receive suggestions and corrections.
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Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 2011-20012
27 November - (the First Sunday of Advent)Violet
the Parishes of Arklow, Inch Kilbride
the Rector, Nigel Sherwood
Ordinands, andordained staff of the Theological Institute
Maurice Elliott, Paddy McGlinchey, Katie Heffelfinger
andPatrick Comerford
Students in Pastoral Placements and intern Deacons
Wednesday 30 November - (St Andrew the Apostle)Red
Preceded by the day of Intercession and Thanksgiving
for the Missionary Work of the Church
1 DecemberWorld AIDS Day
4 December - (the Second Sunday of Advent)Violet
the Parishes of Athy, Kilberry Fontstown with Kilkea
the Rector, Cliff Jeffers
The Diocesan Committee for Social Action
11 December - (the Third Sunday of Advent)Violet
the Parishes of
Blessington, Manor Kilbride, Ballymore-Eustace & Hollywood
the Rector,Leonard Ruddock
The DublinUniversity Far Eastern Mission
18 December - (the Fourth Sunday of Advent)Violet
the Parishes of Booterstown, Carysfort & MountMerrion
the clergy, Gillian WhartonandSuzanne Harris
The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Sunday 25 December - (Christmas Day)White
Monday 26 December - (St Stephen)Red
Sunday 1 January - (the Naming of Jesus)White
the Parish of Bray
the Rector,Baden Stanley
Brabazon House
the chaplain, Adrian Empey
Friday 6 January - (the Epiphany of our Lord)White
8 January -(the First Sunday after the Epiphany)White
- (the Baptism of Christ)White
the Parishes of Castleknock & Mulhuddart with Clonsilla
the clergy,Paul Houston andVictor Fitzpatrick
PACT (formerly the Protestant Adoption Society)
Uniformed Youth Organizations
15 January - (the Second Sunday after the Epiphany)White
the Parishes of Castlemacadam, Ballinatone & Aughrim
the Rector, George Butler
The Representative Church Body
Wednesday 18 January
Week of Prayer for Christian Unitybegins
22 January - (the Third Sunday after the Epiphany)White
the Parishes of Celbridge & Straffan with Newcastle-Lyons
the clergy, Sandra Halesand Robert Lawson
Ecumenical Councils of Churches in Ireland and abroad
Wednesday 25 January - (the Conversion of St Paul) White
Christian Unity
29 January - (the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany)White
the Parishes of Clondalkin & Rathcoole
the Rector, Alan Rufli
The IrishSchool of Ecumenics
5 February - (the Third Sunday before Lent)Green
the Parish of Clontarf
the Rector, Derek Sargent
the people ofCrinkenChurch
the Chaplain, Trevor Stevenson
The"Fields of Life"project,teaching, providing education and care in East Africa
12 February- (Option A, Creation)Green
- (the Second Sunday before Lent)Green
the Parishes of Crumlin & Chapelizod
the Rector,Adrienne Galligan
The King's Hospital (School)
the Chaplain, Peter Campion
The Diocesan clergy conference
19 February- (Option A, Transfiguration)Green
- (The Sunday before Lent)White
the Parish of Dalkey
the Rector, Ben Neill
the Parish of Delgany
the Rector, Nigel Waugh
The Bishops' Appealand projects that Bishops' Appeal supports
22 February - (Ash Wednesday)Violet
The Lenten project of the Bishops’ Appeal aims to support Christian Aid and Tearfund in their work in the area of HIV and AIDS in Africa
26 February - (The First Sunday in Lent)Violet
the Parishes of Donoughmore, Donard & Dunlavin
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT); the chaplain, ‘JP’ Kavanagh
CMS Ireland(formerly the Church Missionary Society)
4 March - (the Second Sunday inLent)Violet
the Parishes of Donnybrook & Irishtown
the Rector, Ted Ardis
St Vincent’s Hospital;Bernie Daly, and other Assistant Chaplains
11March - (the Third Sunday inLent)Violet
St Patrick's Cathedral
the clergy, Robert MacCarthy,
Bob Reed, and Charles Mullen
and the Cathedral Group of Parishes
the Vicar, Mark Gardner
The Anglican Communion
the General Secretary, Kenneth Kearon
Saturday 17 March - (St Patrick)White
18 March - (the Fourth Sunday inLent)Violet
- (Mothering Sunday)White
the Parishes of Drumcondra, North Strand & St. Barnabas
the clergy, Roy Byrneand Aisling Shine
School Boards of Management
Bishops’ Appeal supports CMSI’s project to extend the activities of the West Nile Vocational Training Centre
25 March - (the Fifth Sunday inLent)Violet
the Parishes of Dunganstown, Redcross & Conary
the Rector, Roland Heaney
Bishop’s Appeal supports the Millennium Development Goal 5 to Improve Maternal Health and to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth every year
Monday 26 March - (Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary)
(transferred)White
1 April - (Palm Sunday)Violet
the Parish of Dun Laoghaire
the Rector, Victor Stacey
Those preparing for marriage, those recently married
and the Interchurch Marriage Preparation Group
8April - (Easter Day)White
the Parish of Greystones
the Rector,David Mungavin
Select vestries and parish officers
Bishops’ Appeal supportsthe Realt African Teaching Programme, which sends students from the Church of Ireland College of Education and other teacher training colleges to Uganda.
15April -(the Second Sunday of Easter)White
the Parish of Glenageary
the clergy, Gary Dowdand Paul Arbuthnot
DublinCityUniversity, Santry
the Chaplain
22 April - (the Third Sunday of Easter)White
the Parish of Howth
the Rector, Kevin Brew
TrinityCollegeDublin
Dean of Residence and Chaplain, Darren McCallig
29 April - (the Fourth Sunday of Easter)White
the Parishes & Churches of Holmpatrick, Balbriggan & Kenure
the clergy, and Kingsley Long
Crosslinks (formerly The Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Society)
Bishops’ Appeal supports‘Motivation’ which has been working with the Association of People with Disability (APD) in Bangalore
6 May– (the Fifth Sunday of Easter)White
the Parish of Killiney, Ballybrack
the clergy, and Niall Stratford
the Parish of Killiney, Holy Trinity
Christian Aid
13 May – (the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Rogation Sunday) White
the Parish of Kill o'the Grange
the Rector, Ferran Glenfield
The General Synod, meeting in Dublin
Thursday 10thto Saturday 12th May
Primary Schools, Sunday Schools and teachers
Thursday 17 May - (the Ascension Day)White
20 May-(the Seventh Sunday of Easter)White
the Parish of Kilternan
the Rector, David Moynan
Glebe House, Kilternan (incorporates Glenindare, Harcourt Home
and Alexandra Guild House)
27 May-(Pentecost) (Whitsunday)Red
City Outreach through Renewal and Evangelism (CORE)
St Catherine’s Church,Thomas Street, Dublin,
the chaplain,Craig Cooney
World Day Against Child Labour
Prison chaplains
3 June - (Trinity Sunday)White
ChristChurch Cathedral
the clergy, Dermot Dunneand Garth Bunting
the Cathedral Group of Parishes
the clergy, David Pierpointand David MacDonnell
Those to be ordained, non-stipendiary ministers, retired clergy,
and clergy with permission to officiate
SPADE(St Paul's Area Development Enterprise)
Saturday 9 June - (St Columba)White
10 June - (the First Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Leixlip & Lucan
the Rector, Scott Peoples
The Church of Ireland Youth Department,
Greg Fromholz, the Diocesan Youth Officer
and 3Rock Youth, the diocesan youth project
17 June - (the Second Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Malahide, Portmarnock, & St Doulagh’s
the clergy, Norman Gamble and Ken Sherwood
SPCK, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Religious broadcasting
the Communications officer
24 June - (the Birth of St John the Baptist)White
- (the Third Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of Monkstown
the Rector, Pat Lawrence
The mission partners of all mission societies linked to Parishes
Friday 29 June - (Peter the Apostle)Red
1 July - (the Fourth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of
Narraghmore, Timolin, Castledermot & Kinneagh
the Rector, Isaac Delamere
Bishops’ Appeal supportsthe Vuleka Trust, an ecumenical charity of the Anglican, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches in KwaZulu-Natal
8 July - (the Fifth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Newcastle, Newtownmountkennedy & Calary
the Vicar, William Bennett
Diocesan Youth Camps
15July - (the Sixth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Powerscourt with Kilbride (Bray)
the clergy, Ricky Rountree, Terry Lilburn,
and Kevin Dalton
The Church Music Committee
22July - (the Seventh Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Raheny & Coolock
the clergy, Jim Carrolland Martha Waller
BeaumontHospitaland the chaplain Desireé Prole
29 July - (the Eighth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Rathdrum & Derralossary with Glenealy
the Rector, John McCullagh
The Leprosy Mission
5 August - (the Ninth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of Rathfarnham
the clergy, Ted Woods and Anne Taylor
Vocations and Selection Conferences
Monday 6 August - (the Transfiguration of our Lord)White
12 August - (the Tenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of Rathmichael
the Rector, Fred Appelbe
IrishChurch Missions
the Superintendent,Edmond Coulter
19 August - (the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of Rathmines with Harold’s Cross
the Rector, Neil McEndoo, and the Vicar, Robert Jones
The Church of IrelandCollege of Education
The Mageough Home & Gascoigne House, and Cowper Care
the Chaplain, Bill Heney
26 August - (the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of St Bartholomew and Christ Church Leeson Park
the Vicar Andrew McCroskery
Growing in covenant relationship with the Methodist Church
2 September - (the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishesof St Ann & St Mark with St Stephen
the Vicar, David Gillespie
The Mission to Seafarers, and the chaplain, Adrian Empey
9 September - (the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of St George & St Thomas
the Bishop’s Curate,Obinna Ulogwara
Discovery (Immigrant) Ministry
16 September - (the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Church of St John the Evangelist, Sandymount
the Priest in charge,Paul Barlow
St John’s House, Merrion Roadand the chaplain, Joan Kirk
23 September - (the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Sandford & Milltown
the clergy, Sonia Gylesand Anne-Marie O’Farrell
The Royal Hospital Donnybrook,
and the chaplain, Carolyn O’Laoire
30 September- (the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Santry, Glasnevin & Finglas
the clergy, David Oxleyand Elaine Dunne
The Church’s Ministry of Healing
7 October- (the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Stillorgan & Blackrock
the clergy, Ian Gallagher, Ruth Elmes,
Robert MarshallandJack Black
The South American Missionary Society
14 October- (the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parishes of Swords, Clonmethan, Kilsallaghan,
Donabate & Lusk
the Rector, Robert Deane
The National Bible Society, which Bishops' Appeal supports
21 October- (the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity)Green
the Parish of Taney
the clergy, and Niall Sloane
The Diocesan Councils, the Diocesan office and staff
Sylvia Heggie, the Diocesan Secretary
The Diocesan Synods, meeting on Tuesday 16th
and Wednesday 17th October
28 October - (the Fifth Sunday before Advent)Green
-(St Simon and St Jude)Red
- (Bible Sunday)
the Parish of Tallaght
the clergy, William Deverell and Avril Bennett
The Adelaide and MeathHospitals, Dublin,
incorporating the National Childrens’ Hospital (Tallaght)
the chaplains, Mark Wilson andTerry Alcock
Thursday 1 November - (All Saints’ Day)White
4 November - (the FourthSunday before Advent)Green
- (All Saints’ Sunday)White
the Parish of Tullow
the clergy, John Tannerand Cecily West
Lay readers, Parish readers, and lay ministers
The DublinUniversityMission to Chota Nagpur
and the DublinUniversity Far Eastern Mission
11 November - (the Third Sunday before Advent)Green
- (Remembrance Sunday)Violet
the Parish of Whitechurch
the clergy, Horace McKinley, and Michael Heaney
St. Columba's College
the Chaplain,Nigel Crossey
Wednesday14 November -(St Laurence O’Toole)White
18 November - (the SecondSunday before Advent)Green
the Parishes of Wicklow & Killiskey
the clergy, John Clarke and Ken Rue
EastGlendaloughSchool
the Chaplain, Sheila Zietsman
The Church Army
25 November - (the Kingship of Christ)White
- (the Sunday before Advent)
the Parish of Zion (Rathgar)
the Rector, Stephen Farrell
Musicians, singers and choirs
(Traditionally, 22 Nov is St. Cecilia's Day)
2 December - (the First Sunday of Advent)Violet
the Parishes of Arklow, Inch and Kilbride
the Rector, Nigel Sherwood
Ordinands, and staff of the Theological Institute
Maurice Elliott , Paddy McGlinchey, Katie Heffelfinger
andPatrick Comerford