14.10.2013
Archbishop of Hong Kong Part of Delegation on Dublin Visit
Tomorrow, Tuesday October 14, the Archbishop of Hong Kong, the Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong, accompanied by the Very Revd Matthias Der, the Dean of Hong Kong, and Professor Gareth Jones, the Dean of Ming Hua Theological College will begin an official visit to the Church of Ireland.
This invitation has been extended by the Archbishop of Dublin and the Dublin University Far East Mission (DUFEM). The delegation’s first engagement will be lunch hosted by the Revd Darren McCalling, Dean of Residence and Chaplain in TCD, followed by a short welcome reception with music by the staff and students of the DIT Conservatory, led by Dr Kerry Houston, in St Patrick’s Deanery hosted by the Dean, the Very Revd Victor Stacey.
On Wednesday Archbishop Kwong will join the Archbishop of Dublin to meet school principals in the See House, before going on to meet the staff and students at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. In the evening Archbishop Kwong will address the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Synod and on Thursday evening the delegation will attend Evensong at TCD Chapel where Archbishop Kwong will preach.
On Friday the delegation will travel to Northern Ireland where they will meet the Revd Michael Parker and Canon Simon Doogan in Bangor in the morning. A lunchtime Communion in St Anne’s Cathedral coordinated by the Dean of Belfast will precede a lunch hosted by the Bishop of Clogher and involving a number of prominent Northern churchmen and public figures.
In the afternoon Archbishop Kwong will meet the Revd Chris Bennett at ‘The Dock’, a fresh expression in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. In the evening the delegation will visit Armagh where they will be greeted in the Library by the Primate and the Dean of Armagh before returning to Dublin.
On Saturday evening they will be hosted by the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne while Archbishop Kwong will preach in the cathedral on Sunday morning. The Very Revd Mathias Der will preach in St Patrick’s Cathedral.
On Sunday afternoon both visitors will attend the Swift Service at St Patrick’s Cathedral where the preacher will be the Revd Dr Alan McCormack, Rector of St Botolph without Bishopsgate and St Vedast Alias Foster in the City London.
They will depart for Rome next Monday.