Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 11 December 2010
New Biblical Association Mooted
Dr Jonathan Silverman, from the School of Religions and Theology in Trinity College, Dublin, is part of a working group which is seeking to establish a Biblical Association of the Church of Ireland and he is soliciting expressions of interest and involvement from all interested parties in the Church.
The association aims to enrich and deepen the use of the Bible in the Church of Ireland by encouraging rigorous and faith-based biblical study. . The group's inaugural project is to encourage collective reflection on the theme of Creation during Lent 2011, in tandem with the Bible in the Life of the Church Task 1. Suggested passages, questions, reflections, and methods of feedback will be provided for the use of parishes and dioceses. The results of this work will thFen be presented to the General Synod in conjunction with a proposal for continuation. For more information on this initiative, to offer assistance, or to join the group's mailing list, please contact [email protected] or visit the temporary website at http://bibliahibernica.wordpress.com.
This evening (Saturday) at 6pm in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the Order of St Lazarus will have an Advent Service of Prayer and Carols.
Tomorrow (Sunday) RTE Radio 1 will broadcast Morning Worship with USPG Ireland and the Choir of Wilson's Hospital School, Multyfarnham while at 5pm in the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the Diocesan Ministry of Healing and the Diocesan Lay Ministry will have a Taizé Eucharist with the laying on of hands. In St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Evensong will be sung by the combined choirs of St Patrick's and Christ Church and will include music from Handel's Messiah with orchestra. At 3pm in St Stephen's church, Mount Street Crescent, the staff and students of the DIT Conservatory will perform Chopin's Mazurkas while at 4pm in Drumcondra parish church there will be a concert of Christmas Carols by the Fingal Chamber Choir in aid of the Jack & Jill Foundation. There will be a Service of Carols by Candlelight at 4pm in the medieval church of St Doulagh, Balgriffin, and at 7pm the Dexter Family Ensemble will be performing in St Patrick's church, Dalkey. In St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher, the Bishop of Clogher will preside at the Diocesan Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.
At lunchtime on Tuesday in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the Cathedral Charity Concert, in aid of Huntington's disease, will be sung by the Cathedral Girls' Choir. The Cathedral Choir's Christmas Concert will be on Wednesday evening at 8pm.
On Wednesday the Bishops of Cork will join in an ecumenical blessing of the SHARE crib at Daunt Square and this will mark the start of the annual SHARE fast. At St Ann's church, Dawson Street, on Thursday afternoon the Archbishop of Dublin will launch the ‘Black Santa' sit-out by the Revd David Gillespie and his colleagues.
The final programme in the TG4 series, Who Lived in my House? will feature Castle Ellen, an early nineteenth century house near Athenry, Co. Galway, which was built by the Lambert family. The programme, which will be broadcast on Thursday evening at 8pm, will include sequences involving Church of Ireland archives which was filmed in the Representative Church Body Library.
The 35 strong Dublin based Discovery Gospel Choir has recorded a live CD which went on sale last Friday. It features vibrant and uplifting songs from Africa, America and Europe and costs €10.