Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 4 December 2010
New Zealand Remembrance Service in Christ Church
The Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne, has responded to a request from the New Zealand Ireland Association that the cathedral facilitate it in providing an opportunity for New Zealanders living in Ireland to come together in prayer in the wake of the loss of twenty-nine lives in the recent Pike River mining tragedy. Members of the Association and New Zealand diplomatic representatives will attend Evensong tomorrow (Sunday) at 3.30pm during which there will be an address and special prayers as an expression of solidarity with those affected by this tragedy. 
At 7pm tomorrow (Sunday) in Christ Church the Adolf Fredrick Youth Choir from Stockholm will perform a traditional Swedish St Lucia procession with typical Swedish Christmas carols and more familiar international carols.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the preacher at the Choral Eucharist will be the Dean of Cashel, Dr Philip Knowles, while in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, Ms Linda Chambers, Director of USPG Ireland, will speak on ‘Apathy’ in the ‘Virtues & Vices; series at the 10.45am Choral Eucharist. In the afternoon, at 3pm, there will be a service to celebrate the 190th anniversary of St Anne’s church, Annaduff, Co. Leitrim, where the preacher will be the Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh. Annaduff is part of the Mohill group of parishes where the rector is Canon Bill Atkins.
The Dublin cathedrals will each host a charity event next week. Tomorrow (Sunday) evening there will be a concert in St Patrick’s for the Peter McVerry Trust and on Tuesday at lunchtime Peata , the animal therapy charity, will have a carol service in Christ Church.
In St James’ church, Mallow, on Monday evening the Bishop of Cork will institute them Revd Eithne Lynch to the incumbency of the Mallow union of parishes. Canon Lynch has been Rector of the Kilmoe union of parishes since 2001.
On Tuesday, Budget Day, congregations in the greater Leeson Street area from five denominations are invited to a short ecumenical lunchtime prayer at 1pm in St. Finian's Lutheran Church in Adelaide Road. There will be the opportunity to share lunch together afterwards in the adjoining "Lutherhaus" at 24, Adelaide Road. The prayer will be co-ordinated by Sr. Nora Downey of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Haddington Road.
The Representative Church Body and the House of Bishops will meet in Dublin on Wednesday. At lunchtime Peter Barley will give an organ recital in St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, with music for Advent by Bach, Brahms, Parry and Dupré, while in the evening, at 7pm, the Archbishop of Dublin will preside at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute Advent Carol Service in St Philip’s church, Temple Road.
On Thursday morning the Archbishop of Dublin will attend the launch of the Inter-Religious Council at Archbishop’s House, Drumcomdra.
On Friday evening at 7pm there will be a Christmas Sing Along in St Maeluain's parish center, Tallaght, with appropriate seasonal cheer.