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Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Lenten Studies
Lent, like Advent, is one of the seasons of the year which the Church of Ireland devotes to study and reflection. In many parishes and cathedrals visiting preachers are invited and study courses are devised to widen the experience of local congregations. A random selection of the fare on offer for next week illustrates the point.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning in St Bartholomew?s Church, Dublin, Canon Donald Grey, formerly chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, will be the guest preacher at the Sung Eucharist when, during Lent, the sermons will all be on the theme ?The Hope of Our Calling?? At Evensong in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin, the Lenten Address, which is one of a series on ?the wider church?, will be given by the Papal Nuncio, Dr Giuseppe Lazzarotto.
On Monday evening in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the continuing education course on Art & Music will have lectures by Dr Jennifer O?Reilly from UCC on ?Illuminated Manuscripts? and from Dr Barra Boydell of NUI, Maynooth, on ?Reformation: Continuity and Change?, which will be an examination of part of the cathedral?s musical history.
In St Iberius? Church, Wexford, there is a series of Wednesday lunchtime lectures for Lent on aspects of the Old Testament. The speaker is the Revd Dr John Bartlett, former Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College, who, this week, will consider the Ten Commandments. On Thursday evening, in Rathfarnham parish church the Lenten series on the theme, ?Religion is not a Private Affair? continues with contributions on ?Immigration and the New Irish? from Fidele Mutwarisibo and Fr Bobby Gilmore SSC. This series is organized in association with the local Roman Catholic churches in Ballyroan and Rathfarnham.
Today (Saturday) the Church?s Ministry of Healing will host a Quiet Day in Kill o? the Grange Parish Centre where the leader will be the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory. The RSAI will have a visit to St Werburgh?s Church, Dublin, to which non-members are welcome on payment of a ?3 fee.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the lecture sermon on the theme, ?Where do we go from here?? in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, will be delivered by the writer and broadcaster, Ms Olivia O?Leary, while on Monday the Trinity Chaplain, Dr Alan McCormack, will host a visit by the ordinands from the Church of Ireland Theological College. Dr McCormack, has recently been elected as Chairman of RTE?s Audience Council and hopes to work constructively with RTE through representing the views and concerns of people throughout Ireland and ensuring that they are heard at every level of the corporation.
At Evensong tomorrow (Sunday) in St Anne?s Cathedral, Belfast, the preacher will be the Most Revd Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
On Monday the Education Advisor of the Bishops? Appeal, Mr Martin O?Connor, will begin a visit to Honduras and El Salvador. He will be traveling with Christian Aid to see projects which have been supported by the Bishops? Appeal.
On Tuesday the Primates of the Anglican Communion will meet at Dromantine, near Newry. The meeting will be chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury and hosted by the Archbishop of Armagh. The recently commissioned Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon, will act as the meeting?s secretary. The meeting will be centred on Bible study, Eucharist and retreat but will also include careful study of the Windsor Report, the recommendations of the Lambeth Commission on Communion which was chaired by the Archbishop of Armagh.
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