Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 11 October 2008
Today (Saturday) in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Choral Evensong in Irish (Urnaí na Nóna), will be held at 5pm sung by the cathedral choir. The music will include the recently composed settings of the responses and canticles, 'Cainticí Mhuire agus Shimeoin' by Simon MacHale, and an anthem 'Bí, a Íosa, im chroise' by Ian Sexton.
Evensong will be preceded by the AGM of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (The Irish Guild of the Church) which will be held in the Chapter Room at 4pm. The Guild, which has been organizing services in Christ Church for about fifty years, holds two services each month as well as an interdenominational service during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity each January.
After Evensong, at 6.00pm, a reception for the Irish language community will be held in the cathedral crypt to which all are warmly welcome. This event will celebrate the cultural links fostered by Christ Church with the Irish language in recent years - the regular services held there by Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise, the joint festival held with Colmcille last year, and the summer school on the Celtic revival held with Áras Éanna on Inis Oírr in 2006
The annual seminar of Affirming Catholicism (Ireland) will be held today (Saturday) in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. The Archbishop of Dublin, Canon Ian Ellis, editor of the Church of Ireland Gazette, and Patsy McGarry from The Irish Times, will speak on the theme, ‘The Church of Ireland and the Anglican Communion. A Reflection on Lambeth 2008’.
Today (Saturday) the Rt Revd Trevor Williams will preside at his first Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert Diocesan Synod which will be held in Villiers School, Limerick while next Wednesday the Cashel, Ossory & Ferns Synod will take place in Carlow and the Dublin & Glendalough Synods will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in Taney parish centre.
The ‘Airs and Melodies’ series of afternoon concerts continues in Whitechurch parish, Dublin, at 3pm today (Saturday) when the performers will be Finghin Collins (piano) and Catriona Ryan (flute).
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the preacher at the Harvest Thanksgiving in St Catherine & St James Church, Dublin, will be Canon Ian Sherwood who is the Anglican Chaplain in Istanbul, while in St Doulough’s Church, Balgriffin, the Revd Neal Phair, Chaplain in DIT, will be the harvest preacher. At 3pm in St Brigid’s church, Castleknock , the Archbishop of Dublin will preach at the Discovery harvest celebrations,
At Evensong in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the Dean’s Vicar, the Revd Charles Mullen, will be installed as Prebendary of Rathmichael while in Belfast Cathedral Lord Eames will dedicate a window on the theme of peace which has been presented by the RUC George Cross Foundation in memory of the service and sacrifice of former members.
On Monday evening at 7pm in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the monthly Spiorad service of Celtic mediation will explore the life of St Moibhi. The Cathedral Girls’ Choir will join the St Patrick’s Girls’ Choir to sing Evensong in St Patrick’s on Wednesday while on Thursday at 8pm the Cathedral Choir, with the Orchestra of St Cecilia, will perform Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor and Duruflé’s Requiem to raise funds for a new orchestral outreach scheme for school children.
The Executive Committee of the Representative Church Body will meet in Church of Ireland House, Dublin, on Wednesday. In Ballylickey the Cork, Cloyne & Ross Annual Clergy Conference will begin and will continue until Friday. The guest speaker will be Bishop Michael Mayes.