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 athttp://dublin.anglican.org/resources/cycle_of_prayer.php

The Porvoo Prayer Calendar (a weekly cycle) is online at http://www.porvoochurches.org/resources/output05.php

The Anglican Cycle of Prayer (a daily cycle) is online at http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

The Mothers’ Union Cycle of Prayer is online athttp://www.dublin.mothersunion.ie/prayerdiary.html

Christ Church Cathedral’s Sunday Intercessions are often on the website athttp://cccdub.ie/index.php?/suggested-intercessions/

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.

Email markgardner@eircom.net (or) mobile 087-2660228 & txt

DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER 2011-20012

27 November - (the First Sunday of Advent) Violet

the Parishes of Arklow, Inch & Kilbridethe Rector, Nigel Sherwood

Ordinands, and ordained staff of the Theological InstituteMaurice Elliott , Paddy McGlinchey, Katie Heffelfinger

and Patrick 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 December World AIDS Day

4 December - (the Second Sunday of Advent) Violet

the Parishes of Athy, Kilberry & Fontstown with Kilkeathe 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 Dublin University Far Eastern Mission

18 December - (the Fourth Sunday of Advent) Violet

the Parishes of Booterstown, Carysfort & Mount Merrionthe clergy, Gillian Wharton and Suzanne 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 Braythe Rector, Baden Stanley

Brabazon Housethe 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 Clonsillathe clergy, Paul Houston and Victor Fitzpatrick

PACT (formerly the Protestant Adoption Society)

Uniformed Youth Organizations

15 January - (the Second Sunday after the Epiphany) White

the Parishes of Castlemacadam, Ballinatone & Aughrimthe Rector, George Butler

The Representative Church Body

Wednesday 18 January

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

22 January - (the Third Sunday after the Epiphany) White

the Parishes of Celbridge & Straffan with Newcastle-Lyonsthe clergy, Sandra Hales and 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 & Rathcoolethe Rector, Alan Rufli

The Irish School of Ecumenics

5 February - (the Third Sunday before Lent) Green

the Parish of Clontarfthe Rector, Derek Sargent

the people of Crinken Churchthe 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 & Chapelizodthe 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 Dalkeythe Rector, Ben Neill

the Parish of Delganythe Rector, Nigel Waugh

The Bishops' Appeal and 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 in Lent) Violet

the Parishes of Donnybrook & Irishtownthe Rector, Ted Ardis

St Vincent’s Hospital; Bernie Daly, and other Assistant Chaplains

11 March - (the Third Sunday in Lent) Violet

St Patrick's Cathedralthe clergy, Robert MacCarthy,

Bob Reed, and Charles Mullen

and the Cathedral Group of Parishesthe Vicar, Mark Gardner

The Anglican Communionthe General Secretary, Kenneth Kearon

Saturday 17 March - (St Patrick) White

18 March - (the Fourth Sunday in Lent) Violet - (Mothering Sunday) White

the Parishes of Drumcondra, North Strand & St. Barnabasthe clergy, Roy Byrne and 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 & Conarythe 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 Laoghairethe Rector, Victor Stacey

Those preparing for marriage, those recently marriedand the Interchurch Marriage Preparation Group

8 April - (Easter Day) White

the Parish of Greystonesthe Rector, David Mungavin

Select vestries and parish officers

Bishops’ Appeal supports the Realt African Teaching Programme, which sends students from the Church of Ireland College of Education and other teacher training colleges to Uganda.

15 April - (the Second Sunday of Easter) White

the Parish of Glenagearythe clergy, Gary Dowd and Paul Arbuthnot

Dublin City University, Santrythe Chaplain

22 April - (the Third Sunday of Easter) White

the Parish of Howththe Rector, Kevin Brew

Trinity College DublinDean of Residence and Chaplain, Darren McCallig

29 April - (the Fourth Sunday of Easter) White

the Parishes & Churches of Holmpatrick, Balbriggan & Kenurethe 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, Ballybrackthe 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 Grangethe Rector, Ferran Glenfield

The General Synod, meeting in DublinThursday 10th to 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 Kilternanthe 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

Christ Church Cathedralthe clergy, Dermot Dunne and Garth Bunting

the Cathedral Group of Parishesthe clergy, David Pierpoint and 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 & Lucanthe 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 Monkstownthe 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 supports the 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 & Calarythe Vicar, William Bennett

Diocesan Youth Camps

15 July - (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

22 July - (the Seventh Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of Raheny & Coolockthe clergy, Jim Carroll and Martha Waller

Beaumont Hospital and the chaplain Desireé Prole

29 July - (the Eighth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of Rathdrum & Derralossary with Glenealythe Rector, John McCullagh

The Leprosy Mission

5 August - (the Ninth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parish of Rathfarnhamthe 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 Rathmichaelthe Rector, Fred Appelbe

Irish Church Missionsthe Superintendent, Edmond Coulter

19 August - (the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parish of Rathmines with Harold’s Crossthe Rector, Neil McEndoo, and the Vicar, Robert Jones

The Church of Ireland College of Education

The Mageough Home & Gascoigne House, and Cowper Carethe Chaplain, Bill Heney

26 August - (the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of St Bartholomew and Christ Church Leeson Parkthe Vicar Andrew McCroskery

Growing in covenant relationship with the Methodist Church

2 September - (the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of St Ann & St Mark with St Stephenthe 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 Thomasthe Bishop’s Curate, Obinna Ulogwara

Discovery (Immigrant) Ministry

16 September - (the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity) Greenthe Church of St John the Evangelist, Sandymount

the Priest in charge, Paul Barlow

St John’s House, Merrion Road and the chaplain, Joan Kirk

23 September - (the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of Sandford & Milltownthe clergy, Sonia Gyles and 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 & Finglasthe clergy, David Oxley and Elaine Dunne

The Church’s Ministry of Healing

7 October - (the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity) Green

the Parishes of Stillorgan & Blackrockthe clergy, Ian Gallagher, Ruth Elmes,

Robert Marshall and Jack 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 Taneythe clergy, and Niall Sloane

The Diocesan Councils, the Diocesan office and staffSylvia 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 Tallaghtthe clergy, William Deverell and Avril Bennett

The Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, Dublin, incorporating the National Childrens’ Hospital (Tallaght)

the chaplains, Mark Wilson and Terry Alcock

Thursday 1 November - (All Saints’ Day) White

4 November - (the Fourth Sunday before Advent) Green- (All Saints’ Sunday) White

the Parish of Tullowthe clergy, John Tanner and Cecily West

Lay readers, Parish readers, and lay ministers

The Dublin University Mission to Chota Nagpurand the Dublin University Far Eastern Mission

11 November - (the Third Sunday before Advent) Green- (Remembrance Sunday) Violet

the Parish of Whitechurchthe clergy, Horace McKinley, and Michael Heaney

St. Columba's Collegethe Chaplain, Nigel Crossey

Wednesday 14 November - (St Laurence O’Toole) White

18 November - (the Second Sunday before Advent) Green

the Parishes of Wicklow & Killiskeythe clergy, John Clarke and Ken Rue

East Glendalough Schoolthe 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 Kilbridethe Rector, Nigel Sherwood

Ordinands, and staff of the Theological InstituteMaurice Elliott , Paddy McGlinchey, Katie Heffelfinger

and Patrick Comerford

Students in Pastoral Placements and intern Deacons