Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
This year's annual Church of Ireland Theological Lectures at Queen's University, Belfast, will be held next Monday and Tuesday in the Geography Theatre, Elmwood Avenue, at 6.00 p.m.
The guest lecturer will be the Very Revd Paul Zahl, Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama. On Monday evening he will speak on "Laws vs Grace at the Core of Christianity: a Protestant Anglican View" and on Tuesday his theme will be "Lex Rex: the Unity of the Sermon on the Mount in September 11th Perspective".
Dr Zahl has written widely, expecially on Reformation topics. Among his books are The Protestant Face of Anglicanism and The Collects of Thomas Cranmer.
This evening the second in the Christ Church Baroque's International Directors Series will begin in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at 8.00 p.m. with music conducted by Paul Goodwin.
Tomorrow morning, at 8.07 a.m., BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a service of Choral Matins, according to the Book of Common Prayer, from St George's parish church, Belfast, where the vicar is the Rev Brian Stewart. In the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, the preacher in the "On Virtues and Vices" series of lecture sermons at the Sung Eucharist, will be Dr Maureen Kenny, from Trinity's Department of Theology, who will consider the virture of "hope". In Co Armagh the Rector of Milltown, the Rev Eddie Coulter, and four of his parishioners, will be commissioned for a visit to the Diocese of Makuru in Kenya with the Crosslinks missionary society, and at Evensong in St Patrick's Cathedral the Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Robin Eames, will preach to mark the jubilee of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II.
In Dublin, at Evensong in St Patrick's Cathedral, the Rev Trevor Williams, leader of the Corrymeela Community, will be installed at Prebendary of Rathmichael, while in St Ann's Church, Dawson Street, the Bach Cantatas 2002 recitals continue with the Canticum Novum choir and the Orchestra of St Cecilia.
A Week of Prayer for Repentance, organised by Brother David Jardine of the Divine Healing Ministries, begins on Monday in Townsend Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast. The climax of the week will be a prayer walk around Belfast next Saturday.
The second in the "Tuesdays in Spring" lunchtime history lectures, which have been organised by Christ Church Cathedral and Dublin City, will be held in the cathedral on Tuesday at 1.15 p.m. The speaker in the "2000 Years of Christianity Series" will be Dr Marie-Therese Flanagan from the Department of Modern History in Queen's University, Belfast.
On Friday eveing in St Cronan's parish church, Roscrea, there will be a concert by the Roscrea Community Singers and an organ recital by the Dean of Cashel, Dr Phillip Knowles.
Advance information is now available to the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer Retreats, which will be held from June 7th to 9th and 10th to 13th in the Bellinter House Conference Centre, Co Meath. The witness at both retreats will be Mrs Rachel Christophers. Details from Mr Tony Dunton, 345 Longland Road, Claudy, Co Derry, BT47 4AJ. The closing date is May 10th.