Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Upcoming Conferences
The Anglican Centre in Rome is organising an ecumenical pilgrimage – ‘St Paul inRome’ – from Tuesday, 26 May to Friday, 29 May,which will form part of its academic programme for this year. Each day will consider a different aspect of the apostle’s ministry in the city. This pilgrimage will offer a unique opportunity to walk in the footsteps of St Paul, visiting significant Christian and Jewish sites, and hearing from lecturers, religious leaders and guides who will share their insights into his life in Rome, his writings, and the life and worship of the earliest Christian communities in the city.
Talks on the Letter to the Romans, Paul’s messages for Jewish and Gentile Christians in Rome, and Jews and Christians then and now, will take place in the Anglican Centre. Pilgrims are invited to attend Evening Prayer at St Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church on Via Napoli.
The pilgrimage will be led by Fr Scott Brodeur SJ, who teaches Biblical Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome and has extensive experience in leading study pilgrimages on St Paul around the world. He will be accompanied by clergy from the Anglican Centre in Rome.
For further details and to register your interest, please get in touch with the Anglican Centre in Rome at [email protected] The closing date for bookings is Monday, 20th April 2026.
Closer to home, the Community of St Laurence in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will hold a weekend retreat, ‘Radical Faith, Radical Belonging’, from 8 to 10 May. The facilitator will be Jonathan Randall Grant, Artist–in–Residence in the American Cathedral in Paris. The cost will be €25 which will include materials, food and beverages. Intending participants should register at bit,ly/ChristChurchRetreat by Sunday 3 May.
The Liturgy Association of Ireland will hold its annual conference on ‘Art and Worship’ on Saturday 25 April, from 10am to 4pm, at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The speakers will include Dr Emmaus O’Herlihy, a Benedictine monk and visual artist at Glenstal Abbey, Dr Amanda Dillon, a biblical scholar at Dublin City University whose research examines the reception of the Bible in contemporary visual art, Ruth Sheehy an art historian at Trinity College, Dublin, whose principal research interests have been in religious art in Ireland in the 20th century. The conference cost, including light lunch, will be students/seniors €25; members €35; non–members €45). Registration is via Eventbrite or by cheque/cash on the day.
On Monday morning, at 10am, the Archbishop of Dublin will preach in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, at the annual Trinity Monday Service.
On Tuesday there will be a lunchtime concert at 1.15pm in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, by violinist, Mariann Brandstetter.
Next Thursday the series of lunchtime lectures, ‘Handel & Dublin’ will continue in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, at 1.10pm when Stuart Kinsella will speak on ‘Singing the First Messiah in 1742. The Dublin Cathedral Choirs’.