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Pictured at a service celebrating the 60th
anniversary of the Ordination of the Very Rev Norman Barr in
Christ Church, Derriaghy last Sunday evening (12th November)
are L to R: (seated) The Rt Rev Alan Harper (Bishop of
Connor), Miss Heather Barr, Mrs Florence Barr, the Very Rev
Norman Barr and the Rector, the Rev John Budd. (back row)
Rev Tom Priestly (Rector of Dunmurry), Rt. Rev Samuel Poyntz
(former Bishop of Connor), Mrs Goldie Bell, Canon Adam Johns
(former curate at Derriaghy), Canon Albert Ogle (former
curate at Derriaghy) and Stanley Graham.
A service celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ordination
of the Very Rev Norman Barr was held in Christ Church, Derriaghy
last Sunday evening (12th November).
The service was organised jointly by the Parish of Derriaghy
(where Dean Barr was Rector from January 1961 to October 1990)
and the Parish of Dunmurry, where he and his wife worship in
retirement. Dean Barr was made Deacon in St Patrick�s Church,
Ballymena on Sunday 24th March 1946 and was Ordained Priest in
St Mary�s Church, Belfast, on Sunday 22nd December of the same
year. The Rector of Derriaghy, the Rev John Budd, conducted the
service and the preacher was the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev
Alan Harper. The Rector of Dunmurry, the Rev Tom Priestly and
former curates at Derriaghy, Canon Adam Johns and Canon Albert
Ogle also took part in the service. After the service, prior to supper being served in the Parochial
Hall, Mr Budd thanked all who took part in the service, after
which Jim Braiden (People�s Churchwarden at Derriaghy) presented
a gift to Dean Barr and Marilyn Kennedy (People�s Churchwarden
at St Andrew�s, Colin) presented a bouquet of flowers to Mrs
Florence Barr. Dean and Mrs Barr then presented gifts, on behalf
of the Parish of Derriaghy, to Mrs Goldie Bell and Mr Stanley
Graham, in recognition of their many years service as members of
the choir of Christ Church, Derriaghy. Dean Barr briefly
recalled 60 years in the ministry, all of which was spent in the
Diocese of Connor. He spoke of the various committees he was
involved in during his active ministry, and how they all worked
together so well and concluded by saying how he was delighted to
have played a small part in the life of the Diocese over the
years.
13/11/2006
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