Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 5 March 2011
Re-Launch of SCM Ireland in CITI
This weekend in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute in Braemor Park, Dublin, SCM Ireland will hold a conference entitled ‘Progressive Faith in a Wounded World. Reviving the Gentle Revolution in Ireland’
The Student Christian Movement (SCM) Ireland is a member of a century-old global movement, called the World Student Christian Federation (www.wscfglobal.org). It's sister organisation is SCM UK (www.movement.org.uk) whose publishing house, SCM Press, has consistently been among the most stimulating and progressive of the religious publishers. SCM Ireland has existed for almost 80 years, however this conference marks a re-launch of the organisation.
The conference will feature a number of young adults from across the Christian spectrum, stimulating conversations, inspiring talks, a safe space to discuss difficult issues, a different view of Dublin, old friends and new, live music, international opportunities, community building, faith and culture, pressing social and political issues and much more. The key note address will given be Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and the other principal speakers will be Dr Andrew Pierce (Irish School of Ecumenics), Dr Mary Condron ((Institute for Feminism and Religion) and Br Richard Hendrick (The Sanctuary – Holistic Wellness Centre).
Today (Saturday) there will be a special meeting of the General Synod in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, which has been called to provide that the electoral college for the Dioceses of Tuam, Killala & Achonry be not held for the time being, to give an opportunity for consideration of the requirements for episcopal ministry in that diocese.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the Rector of Fermoy, the Revd Eileen Cremin, will participate in the RTE broadcast of Mass from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Fermoy, which is celebrating its bi-centenary. This service will be available live on the RTE iplayer, and aferwards on www.rte.ie/tv/worship.
The former Abbot of Glenstal Abbey, Christopher Dillon OSB, will give the ‘Seeing Salvation’ address at the Choral Eucharist in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, where he will speak about the ‘Icon of the Modonna of Loving Kindness’. In the Carlow group of parishes – Carlow, Staplestown and Urglin – the preacher will be Canon Bruce Ruddock, Residentiary Canon in Peterborough Cathedral, and a member of the Ruddock family which has contributed handsomely to the ministry of the Church of Ireland.
A Bible study resource for Lent on the theme of Creation has been prepared for the use of parishes in the Church of Ireland in conjunction with the Anglican Communion’s ‘Bible in the Life of the Church’ project. The resource will be launched tomorrow (Sunday) by Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, after Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The materials consist of a pdf freely available on the internet (http://bibliahibernica.wordpress.com) and on CD or may be requested from the working group via e-mail ([email protected]). The five week programme consists of ten Bible passages with introductions, notes and questions for reflection.
On Tuesday the Dublin & Glendalough Retired Clergy Fellowship will be joined by the Northern Ireland Retired Clergy Fellowship for a meeting in Malahide Parish Centre. Following lunch Canon Peter Norton will give an illustrated talk on the work of the Iona Community, and the day will conclude with a Service of Holy Communion in St Andrew’s parish church.
Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. In Dublin there will be a Sung Eucharist in St Patrick’s Cathedral at 5.30pm while in Christ Church Cathedral at 6pm there will be a Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes. At Lough Derg there will be ‘A Day of Friendship and Prayer’ at which the guest speaker will be the Bishop of Kilmore, the Rt Revd Ken Clarke.