Diocesan News
President to Attend Service of Solidarity in Christ Church Cathedral
President Michael D. Higgins is to attend a special ecumenical service of solidarity for all feeling the pain of recession in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, this Thursday, February 2, at 8.00 p.m. Entitled ‘In Darkness There is Light’, the service will also be attended by the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Andrew Montague.
People from all walks of Irish life, North and South, are invited to gather together to share through music, prayer and word, in facing the darkness with light on the Feastday of Candlemas.
“In these times we are all experiencing the pain of huge economic depression when everyone in Ireland is bearing the cost of world recession,” explained the Dean of Christ Church, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne. “The Christian Church needs to meet and identify with the pain of the people. It is in response to this that I am proposing the celebration of a service entitled: ‘In darkness there is light’,” he added.
“We can come together in solidarity with the people of the country as we journey through the darkness of economic gloom to affirm that in all darkness there is light and hope. This service seeks to affirm and stir the spirit of the Irish people not to lose hope but to rekindle the flame of optimism and national belief that has sustained us throughout our long and often troubled history,” the Dean stated.
The service of solidarity will take place in Christ Church Cathedral this Thursday, February 2 2012, at 8.00 p.m.
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