Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 7 November 2009
Historical Society Meeting
The autumn meeting of the Church of Ireland Historical Society will be held next Saturday, 14 November, at 10.30 am in the Chapter Room of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The meeting coincides with the feast day of St Laurence O'Toole, sometime hostage of the king of Leinster, abbot of Glendalough, reformer, archbishop of Dublin, peace-maker, and finally papal legate, who died at Eu in Normandy on 14 November 1180 and was canonised in 1225. Laurence introduced the order of the canons regular of St Augustine to Christ Church in 1162 and his heart is contained in a reliquary in a chapel of the cathedral which bears his name.
In the morning session there will be papers by Dr James Murray, author of the recently published, Enforcing the English Reformation in Ireland, on ‘Faithful Catholics of the English Nation – Cultural identity, the clerical elite and the Pale community’s response to the English Reformation, c. 1500-1558’, and the architectural historian, Dr Michael O’Neill on ’St Patrick’s Cathedral, the forgotten centuries: architectural history from the Reformation to the Gothic Revival.’ After lunch Prof. Tony Fahey from UCD will speak on ‘Protestants in the Republic of Ireland: is integration complete? and this will be followed by a research paper from Ms Evie Monaghan, a postgraduate student in NUI Maynooth, on ‘Eucharistic Practice and Belief in the Church Ireland, 1660-1740’ .
This evening (Saturday) in St Iberius’ Church, Wexford, there will be a concert of Bach’s liturgical music. ‘Abenmusik: Cantatas in Context’ will be performed by Resurgam with the Irish Baroque Orchestra directed by Mark Duley, who will give a further performance in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 5pm.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the Bishop of Meath & Kildare, Dr Richard Clarke, will preach at the Remembrance Service in St Mark’s Church, Dundela, while Bishop Edward Darling will be the preacher at the Remembrance Sunday Choral Eucharist in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. The cathedral has recently has published a guide to its war memorials. The price of peace, edited by the Dean of Belfast, Dr Houston McKelvey, is available from the cathedral at £4 or £5.50 including postage. The Bishop of Derry & Raphoe, the Rt Revd Ken Good, will be the preacher at a Remembrance Service in Conwall, Letterkenny, while the Dean of Cashel, Dr Philip Knowles, will conduct the Remembrance Service in St Mary’s Church, Tipperary. RTE Radio will carry a live broadcast of the Remembrance Sunday Evensong from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, at 3.15pm. President McAleese will attend and the preacher will be the Bishop of Limerick & Killaloe, the Rt Revd Trevor Williams.
Professor Sean Freyne will be the preacher at the Choral Eucharist in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, where the theme of the Michaelmas term sermons is ‘21st Century Jesus’. In the evening in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher, Canon W.J. Johnston will be installed as precentor and the preacher will be the Dean of Kilmore, the Very Revd Raymond Ferguson.
On Tuesday the series of lunchtime lectures in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, organized by Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (Irish Guild of the Church), continues. Gordon McCoy, Development Officer with the ULTACH Trust, will speak on ‘Protestant Learners of Irish in Northern Ireland. The lecture will be in English and will be followed by a short discussion at which contributions in Irish will be most welcome. The Dublin Retired Clergy Fellowship meets in Taney Parish Centre at 2.30pm when Bishop Samuel Poyntz will speak on ‘An Episcopal Odyssey’.