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Medieval History Symposium in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
This afternoon, (Saturday) the Friends of Medieval Dublin will hold a symposium in the Song School of Christ Church Cathedral. The focus of the symposium will be the medieval manuscripts of Christ Church which will be on exhibition in the Cathedral Treasury over the summer months. The centre piece of the exhibition will be the splendidly decorated 14th century Christ Church Psalter, which is on loan from the Bodleian Library in Oxford. This will be supplemented by other loans from Trinity College, Dublin, the Bodleian and from the cathedral?s own collections.
After a welcome from the new Dean of Christ Church, the Very Revd Desmond Harman, the medieval manuscripts and their context will be introduced by Dr Raymond Refaussé, Librarian and Archivist in the RCB Library. There will be detailed presentations on the cathedral?s two administrative codices - the 14th century Liber Niger will be discussed by Dr Colman O?Clabaigh from Glenstal and the 16th century Liber Albus by Dr Alan Fletcher from UCD. Professor Colm Lennon from Maynooth will speak about the 1 th century Book of Obits and his colleague Dr Raymond Gillespie will sum up.
Dr Gillespie will be on duty again on Monday evening, this time in St Patrick?s Cathedral Deanery, where he will launch Preached at St Patrick?s, a selection of significant sermons preached in the cathedral. The volume has been edited by the Dean of St Patrick?s Dr Robert MacCarthy, who has chosen sermons by among others, Bishop Jeremy Taylor, Dean Jonathan Swift, Archbishop Richard Whatley and President Mary McAleese. The book is published by Four Courts Press at ?14.95/£9.95.
Today (Saturday) Voxtrot, the group of church musicians, directed by Mark Duley, who sing in churches where choral music is not normally heard, will be in Ballina where they will take part in a liturgical music workshop in the Newman Institute and sing Evensong in Ballina parish church. Tomorrow (Sunday) they will sing at the Eucharist in Killala Cathedral where the celebrant will be the Revd Neal O?Raw.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the Revd Patrick Comerford, CMSI, will preach in Christ Church, Delgany where the parish is developing a new link with mission partners in the Sudan. Mr Comerford will speak about CMSI?s programme on Muslim-Christian dialogue, a subject to which he will return tomorrow (Sunday) evening in St Patrick?s Church, Powerscourt, where he will preach at the Pentecost Eucharist which will be led by the Enniskerry Gospel Choir. Pentecost will be marked in the Diocese of Clogher by an open air service at Rathmore which will be attended by both bishops. In St Ann?s Church, Dublin, at 8.00 pm there will be a free concert by the St Ann?s Choir and the Werneth Concert band from Manchester.
This weekend there will be a Flower festival in Kinsale to raise funds for St Multose parish church and for St John?s Roman Catholic Church. Both churches have been decorated on the Theme ?Living Water?. The Festival will be opened on Friday by the author, Alice Taylor, and will close tomorrow (Sunday) with Evensong in St Multose?s.
On Wednesday evening the centenary celebrations will come to a climax in St Anne?s Cathedral, Belfast, with the Centennial Festival Service. The preacher will be the Archbishop of Armagh and the Bishop of Cork, a former vicar choral, will also attend.
On Thursday evening, in St Michael?s Church, Athy, the Archbishop of Dublin will institute the Revd Cliff Jeffers to the incumbency. Mr Jeffers, who was ordained in 1998, has been Rector of Clonenagh since 2001.
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