Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 6 November 2010
Seminar on St Werburgh’s Church
The Irish Landmark Trust is to host a seminar on the subject of St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin, on Tuesday, 23 November.
The day will commence in St. Werburgh's Church at 9.30am with a welcome from the vicar, the Ven. David Pierpoint, and a tour led by Paul Arnold Architects. Participants will then transfer to the Coach House at Dublin Castle, where speakers will address the history and context of the church, its current plight, and its future. The keynote address will be given by Eric Parry, of Eric Parry Architects in London - architects for the award-winning Renewal Project at St.Martin-in-the-Fields church. The day will conclude with a wine reception at 5.15pm.
The conference fee is 20 euro and as places are limited early booking is essential. To request a booking form, or for further information, please contact [email protected], or call 01 670 4733.
St Werburgh’s is one of the best documented of the Dublin city churches. The parish records, which are in the RCB Library, include unique medieval churchwardens’ accounts, which were published last year by Canon Adrian Empey, registers and vestry books from the early eighteenth century and a rich assortment of papers, dating from the early seventeenth century, which detail many aspects of the development of the building.
St Werburg’s is also included in another valuable heritage development, the Dublin Graveyards Directory, which has recently appeared as an on-line publication. An initiative of Dublin City Archives, the Directory, which has been developed by genealogist, John Grenham, contains details (locations, contacts and information on records) of graveyards throughout the Dublin area. It can be viewed, free of charge, at www.dublinheritage.ie/graveyards
This morning (Saturday) in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, the Dean of Derry, Dr William Morton, will launch a new CD by the Lowry Singers, Hymns for Haiti, the profits from which will be donated to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. In the afternoon there will be a Civic Reception in Carlow where the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will officially open the Church of Ireland Community House at St Mary’s Church.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the celebrant at the Sung Eucharist in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, will be the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, while at the Choral Eucharist in the Chapel of Trinity College Dr Andrew Pierce, from ISE, will speak on ‘Change’ as part of the ‘Vices and Virtues’ series of addresses. In Rathfarnham parish church the theme of the 10.30am service will be ‘Sport’ and the address will be given by international rugby referee and former international cricketer, Alan Lewis. The Revd Dr Adrian Empey, from the Mission to Seafarers, will be the preacher in Powerscourt parish church at the 11.30am Eucharist which will be sung by the Enniskerry Gospel Choir. At Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral the Archbishop of Dublin will distribute certificates to those who have completed the Course in Theology while in St Patrick’s Cathedral the annual past choristers Evensong will take place at which all past choristers are invited to sing.
The AGM of the Church of Ireland Primary School Management Association will be held next Tuesday at 3pm in the Church of Ireland College of Education. Dr Ken Fennelly, Secretary of the General Synod Board of Education will speak on ‘The Future of Our Primary Schools’
On Wednesday in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, there will be a lunch time piano recital of music by Schumann, Handel, Debussy and Bach by Peter Barley in aid of the Companions of the Cathedral.