19.04.2012
New Rector Appointed to Donoughmore and Donard with Dunlavin
The Revd Olive Henderson has been appointed Rector of Donoughmore and Donard with Dunlavin. She will formally take up her role following her Institution as incumbent by the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson on Wednesday next, April 25, at 8.00 pm.
The appointment means a welcome return to the Diocese of Glendalough for Revd Henderson who previously served as Rector of Rathdrum and Derralossary with Glenealy. From Rathdrum she moved to the parish of Killeshin in County Carlow. She then became Chaplain of Kingston College, in Mitchelstown, County Cork.
Revd Henderson studied at the Church of Ireland Theological College and was ordained a Deacon in 1997 and a Priest in 1998. She served as an auxiliary Minister in Tallaght Parish and later as Priest in Charge of Moyiddy Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cork.
She began working in the Rathdrum Union of Parishes in 2001, first as a Non–Stipendiary Minister and as a curate of the parish in 2004. She was appointed Rector there in 2007.
Revd Henderson is married to Ernest – without whom, she says, her work would not be possible. The couple have seven adult children and 16 grandchildren. Prior to her marriage she worked as a paediatric nurse.
Revd Henderson said she was looking forward to getting back to parish ministry in Donoughmore and Donard with Dunlavin. “I am delighted to be coming home to Glendalough and to rural ministry,” she commented. “I’m really looking forward to meeting the parishioners and not alone the parishioners but the wider community.”
Her service of Institution will take place in St Nicholas’ Church in Dunlavin at 8.00 pm on Wednesday April 25.