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Search Colloquium in Dublin
Today (Saturday) in the Church of Ireland Theological College the annual colloquium, held under the auspices of the Church of Ireland journal, Search, will begin at 10.00 am. This year's theme, will be 'Liturgy for Tomorrow's Church' and the key note address on 'Spirituality and Sacrament' will be given by Professor Ann Loades with a response from Fr Paddy Jones of Maynooth.
Before lunch there will be a session on 'New Styles for New People: On the Margins' with contributions from the Revd John Morrow on worship at Corrymeela, and the Revd Colin Hicks, from Clontarf Methodist Church, on worship for an immigrant congregation, with a response from Fr Godfrey O'Donnell of the Romanian Orthodox Church. After lunch, under the title of 'Other Perspectives: Restoration of the Excluded and Damaged', Canon Maureen Ryan will speak on 'Including the Feminine' and The Revd Robert Heaney on 'The Problem of Evil'. Fr Liam Treacy will respond.
The final two sessions will be a contribution from Dr Peter Davies on Anglican collects and a reflection from Dr Alan McCormack, Church of Ireland Chaplain in Trinity College, Dublin, on 'Moving On, Reaching Out. A Vision for the Future' to which Patrick Mason, formerly of the Abbey Theatre, will respond.
This evening in Christ Church, Dun Laoghaire, there will be a concert by the Trinity College Singers, at 8.00 pm. In St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, the Select Chorus from Fayette County High School, Georgia, will give the first concert in an Irish tour which will include performances in St Mary's Church, Killarney, on Monday, and St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore on Tuesday. On Good Friday the choir will sing at the evening service in St Patrick's Church, Greystones.
On Palm Sunday the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe will re-dedicate St Flannan's Cathedral, Killaloe, after major restoration work by Duchas, while the Palm Sunday celebrations in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, will include processional artwork by New Zealander, Kevin Mann, and a series of reflections by Anne Thurston as part of the celebration of the centenary of the admission of women to the College.
During Holy Week the Bishop of Cork will preach in Templebreedy while in Dun Laoghaire Evangelical Church, under the auspices of South Dublin Churches Together, the Holy Week preacher will be Prebendary Dick Lucas, Rector Emeritus of St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London.
On Tuesday evening, Collegium Regale, composed of the fourteen choral scholars of King's College, Cambridge, will give a concert in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast as part of the cathedral's centenary celebrations, and on Good Friday the Dublin Bach Singers will perform St John's Passion in St Iberius' Church, Wexford.
On Wednesday the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory will preside at a healing service in Wexford while the Archbishop of Dublin will visit the Church of Ireland Theological College where he will celebrate the Eucharist and preach.
In St Ann's Church, Dublin, on Maundy Thursday the 50th anniversary of the 7.30 am Eucharist with breakfast, designed for those who wished to worship before going to work, will be marked. The celebrant will be a former vicar, Bishop Samuel Poyntz, who will also lead the Three Hours Service in St Ann's from mid-day until 3.00 pm on Good Friday. The Good Friday preacher in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, will be the Revd Leslie Houlden, formerly Professor of Theology in King's College, London, and at 8.00 pm there will be a concert by the Goethe Institut Choir and Hibernian Chamber Orchestra in aid of the Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups.
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