Irish Times Notes
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Dedication of bells in Taney
As a millennium project the parish of Taney set itself the goal of raising the funds and undertaking the work which would be necessary to re-hang in Christ Church, Taney, the bells from St George's Church, Temple Street. St George's was closed as a place of worship in 1990 and while some of the furnishings were transferred to St Thomas' Church in Cathal Brugha Street and elsewhere, the re-location of the bells was always likely to be a challenge.
The success of Taney parish in meeting that challenge has proved to be of inestimable benefit to the Church of Ireland. A valuable part of our ecclesiastical heritage has been saved, new people have been introduced to the art of bell ringing, and the residents of Dundrum now enjoy being "summoned by bells" on Sunday mornings.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the Archbishop of Dublin will preside and preach in Taney when the St George's Bells will be re-dedicated and rung by the Taney Association of Changeringers. Representatives of the National Millennium Committee together with others who contributed to this project will be present as will members of the Irish Change Ringers Association and bell ringers from around the country.
Today (Saturday), in Rathmichael Parish Centre, the Guild of Readers in the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough will hold its annual Quiet Day which will be conducted by the distinguished writer on spirituality, Canon A.M. Allchin, and this evening the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir will give a concert in St John's Church, Sandymount, in aid of the church restoration fund.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE will televise a parish eucharist with the congregations of Enniskerry and Kilbride, Co. Dublin, where the rector is Canon Richard Rountree. In the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, the preacher at the Sung Eucharist will be the Bishop of Meath and Kildare while in St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, the chapter sermon on "Mission" will be preached by the Revd Richard Dadswell. In the evening the Rt Revd Michael Mayes will be enthroned as Bishop of Killaloe in St Flannan's Cathedral. In Dublin, the Archbishop's Awards in Church Music will be presented at Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral while the Irish Beekeepers Centenary Service will be held in St Patrick's.
On Monday evening in Marsh's Library the former Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Dr Victor Griffin, will launch Memoir in Sermons, a book by his successor Dr Maurice Stewart. Another launch will take place on Tuesday, in the Old Library of Trinity College, where Paul Herriot of Lyric FM will speak about "Incarnation - Songs on the First Coming" a CD featuring the College Chapel Choir. On Tuesday and Wednesday the bishops will be on retreat.
At Evensong, on Thursday, in Trinity College Chapel the centenary of one of the death of Oscar Wilde will be marked. The Chapel Choir will give the first performance of a setting, by John McNamara, of parts of Wilde's De Profundis, Senator David Norris will read the Lessons, and Professor Brendan Kennelly will deliver a memorial address.
On Friday, in Swords, the former Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Donald Caird, will launch "Greatly Benefited", a history of the Old Borough School which has been written by Andrew Whiteside.
The Irish School of Ecumenics will hold a one day conference in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Saturday 2 December. "For You Were Strangers. Towards an Ecumenical Response on Refugees and Racism" at which the key note address will be given by the Revd Dr Sahr Yambasu, a Methodist minister from Sierra Leone who currently ministers in Wicklow.