Limerick and Cashel dioceses
Limerick
The Reverend Gary Paulsen (51) has been appointed as Rector of the Adare and Kilmallock Group of Parishes.
Gary is at present Rector of Holy Trinity Church in the city of Paarl incorporating St Michael and All Angels in Klapmuts, both Churches in the beautiful wine growing region North east of Cape Town South Africa in our companion diocese of Saldahna Bay.
Gary has two children, Cassie and Simeon. Before ordination Gary worked as a Surveyor, Site Management, Property development and sales. He has a special interest in Prayer and Spirituality and in particular Benedictine Spirituality and incorporates these in his ministry. He loves working with young people and exploring how their gifts can contribute to the life of the Church. He was for a time, chaplain to the Mothers Union, and also supervised Lay Ministers for the Diocese of Saldahna Bay.
Gary enjoys football and he and Simeon are keen Chelsea fans. He is also a black belt in Karate. He is very much looking forward to joining the parishioners of Adare and Kilmallock Group. His institution will take place in St. Nicholas Adare on July 30th.
Three Cashel appointments
The Revd Richard Greene has been appointed priest-in-charge to New Ross & Fethard Union of Parishes
He succeeds the Revd Lynne Rogers who is returning to England. Richard was born in Kerry and an engineer by profession. He will have been married to Isabelle (who is a dietician) for 30 years this summer and their two daughters are Claire (a vet) and Helen (a pharmacist). He was a Diocesan Reader for almost 20 years before ordination into non-stipendary ministry in 2006.
He has been Lynne’s assistant in New Ross and Fethard-on-Sea Parishes since early 2010 and he says he is indebted to her for all she has given him and for all her encouragement and friendship. he will miss being on her team but will find consolation in staying among the good people of the parish.
The arrangements for Sunday worship in this geographically large parish will obviously change when Lynne leaves, as there will then be only one person available to conduct it. His appointment starts on 1st August and the cover for services in June and July will be organised by the Archdeacon. That being said, he will not be away from his home or day job during this interregnum period and wants to remain available to parishioners when they need him.
“I will do my best, says Richard, and will rely on the parishioners to continue being as supportive as they have always been, and will trust in God to carry us forward in witness to his Love and Glory”.
The Revd Dr Paul Mooney has been appointed as Dean of Ferns and to the incumbency to the Ferns Union of Parishes.
Dr Paul Mooney is well known to all in the United Dioceses as he is a former Archdeacon of Ferns and was rector to New Ross and Fethard Union of parishes. For the past five years he and his family have been living in Korea where he was appointed to the Anglican Church in Korea and ministering to the English-speaking Anglican community attached to the cathedral of Seoul. Dr Mooney, his wife Soonduk and their children, Rachel and Stephen came to New Ross in April 1998.
Now the Diocese of Ferns will welcome him back home to this new role and phase of his life. Friday 8th July has been set for his installation and institution in St Edan’s Cathedral, Ferns.
The Revd Dr Stanley Monkhouse has been appointed to the incumbency of the Portlaoise Group of parishes.
Stanley was born in Carlisle in 1950 and brought up in Langwathby, a farming village near Penrith. After local schools, he studied medicine at Cambridge and London, during which time he and Susan were married.
Stanley was a junior hospital doctor in London for one year before joining the staff of the University of Nottingham to teach anatomy. In 1988 he moved to be Professor of Anatomy at the College of Surgeons in Dublin, where he worked for 16 years.
Victoria (daughter) attended Rathdown School and the Institute of Education in Leeson St. She is married to Shane and lives in Finglas. Hugh (son) attended Wesley College, studied music in Manchester, married Adriene in Seattle, and they are now in San Antonio, Texas, with their daughter Abigail. Edward (son) also attended Wesley, studied Philosophy in Milltown and now works in O’Briens Fine Wines in Sandyford. He lives in Stillorgan.
Stanley and Susan moved back to England in 2003 and in 2006 Stanley was ordained (he had hummed and haaed for decades). After being a curate in a 10-church team in rural Derbyshire, for the last three years he has been Rector of three parishes covering about 35 sq miles of rural and urban Derbyshire on the edge of Chesterfield. He has been an organist all his life, and was organist of Powerscourt church, and then St Ann’s Dublin
His institution will take place in Portlaoise on Sunday 28th August at 7 p.m.