Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times
Publication of New Historical Bibliography
One of the more remarkable developments in the Church of Ireland over the last fifteen years or so has been an upsurge in interest in the history of almost every aspect of the Church?s life ? architecture, administration, education, fine art, liturgy, pastoralia, personalities ? both at the local and national level. The foundations for this were the appointment of a Church of Ireland archivist in 1981 and the consequent accumulation of archival and manuscript resources in the RCB Library in Dublin which was complemented by the subsequent creation of a Church of Ireland Historical Society and by the appointment in of a Church of Ireland Historiographer.
A prelude to, and perhaps an initial reflection of, this new interest in the Church?s history was the publication in 1992 of a critical bibliography in Irish Historical Studies which set out the then current state of published research on the Church of Ireland. The augmentation of this bibliography by an article in Search in 2003 was clear evidence that the renewed interest in Church of Ireland history had been translated into published works.
Now these two bibliographies, updated to 2004, have been brought together under the editorship of the Church of Ireland Historiographer and have been published for the Church of Ireland Historical Society under the newly established Church of Ireland publishing imprint, Church of Ireland Publishing (CIP). A Church of Ireland bibliography, edited by Dr Kenneth Milne, is essential reading for anyone who wishes to be well informed about writings on the Church?s history or who is contemplating research. Details of the publication may be had from Church of Ireland Publishing, RCB Library, Braemor Park, Dublin 14 ? email: library - at - ireland.anglican.org
Today (Saturday) the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer will host a Quiet day in Clonleigh parish church, Lifford, Co. Donegal, where the witness will be the Revd Dr W.J. Marshall.
Tomorrow morning (Sunday) in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, the lecture sermon will be delivered by Dr John Gray, Professor of European Thought in the London School of Economics. Dr Gray?s address will be the last in the Hilary term series under the general theme of ?Where do we go from here?? At Evensong, in St Patrick?s Cathedral, Dublin, the Lenten address on the wider church will be given by the Dean of Christ Church, the Very Revd Desmond Harman, who will speak about the Porvoo churches. In St Audeon?s parish church, at 8 pm, the Gaudete Singers, directed by David Leigh, will give a recital of works by Howells, Stanford, Holst and Bairstow.
Tuesday is International Women?s Day which will be marked in Wexford by a 24 hour fast and vigil in St Iberius? Church by a number of local men as an expression of male concern at rising levels of violence against women. In the Church of Ireland Theological College several important agencies, including Amnesty International, the Church Mission Society and the Irish School of Ecumenics, will participate in ?Prayer in Activism?, an International Women?s Day event which will begin at 7 pm and to which all are welcome.
On Thursday the Archbishop of Dublin will make his annual visit to the Trinity College Chapel where he will confirm a number of students. Later that night the Chapel Choir will give a concert of Lenten music and readings. Meanwhile in Rathfarnham parish church the last in the current Lenten series on ?Religion is not a Private matter? will concentrate on the environment. The speakers will be Fr Sean McDonagh and Dr John Feehan, Director of Environmental Research Management in UCD.
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