Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 14 April 2012
BACI Conference in Dublin
Next Saturday, 21 April, the Biblical Association for the Church of Ireland (BACI) will hold a one day conference in the Church of Ireland Theological Institute on ‘The Bible in the Church of Ireland’. The principal speakers will be Professor David Ford from Cambridge, Professor Gordon McConville from the University of Gloucester and Stephen Lyons from the Anglican Communion Office and the Bible in the Life of the Church (BiLC) project. After lunch there will be a panel discussion with the Archbishop of Dublin and the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory.
BACI hopes that the conference will spark renewed and serious discussion within the Church of Ireland on how the Bible is, could, and ought to be read. It is also a continuation of BACI’s attempts to interact with the BiTC project which was begun through ‘Lent 2011’. The organizers hope that the conference can foster discussion on what it means to have an Anglican biblical hermeneutic.
The conference will also function as the inaugural AGM of BACI so that a committee can be elected by a wider representation of the Church of Ireland. Further information and registration details may be at from [email protected]
Today (Saturday) the Bishop of Cork will attend an Ecumenical Service of Prayers in Cobh on the occasion of the eve of the sinking of the Titanic. In St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, tomorrow (Sunday) at 3.30pm, there will be a special service of commemoration and thanksgiving on the anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. The service will begin by remembering those who died and will include elements of the original memorial service in the Cathedral in 1912. The “Titanic Funeral Pall” will also be dedicated. It was commissioned by St Anne’s as a permanent reminder of the loss of life and of the Christian hope of resurrection. Following the service the clergy and the congregation will walk from the cathedral to the Titanic Quarter, stopping for brief reflections at ‘The Kit’ and the Drawing Office and finishing at the Thompson Graving Dock.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 10.45am a Festival Eucharist to celebrate 250 years of Trinity College Chapel Choir will be held in College Chapel. The celebrant will be the Dean of Residence and Chaplain, the Revd Darren McCallig and the preacher will be the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory, a former TCD Dean of Residence. The service will be broadcast live on RTE Radio and will be followed by a reception hosted by the TCD Provost, Dr. Patrick Prendergast.
In St Teresa’s Priory, Clarendon Street on Tuesday evening the Archbishop of Dublin will launch a new book by Dr Colman O Clabaigh OSB, The Friars in Ireland, 1224–1540, which has been published by Four Courts Press.
The National Chamber Choir will sing in Calary church, Co. Wicklow, on Wednesday evening at 8pm. Tickets, which are essential, may be booked at [email protected] or at 01–2818146 or 01–2818118.
On Thursday evening at 7.30pm in the Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre in the Trinity Long Room Hub, Professor David Ford will give a lecture on ‘An Introduction to Scriptural Reasoning’. Hosted by the TCD Church of Ireland Chaplaincy, admission to this event is free and all are welcome.
On Friday evening at 8pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Dr Michael O’Neill will give a public lecture on ‘Gothic Architecture and St Patrick’s Cathedral’ while at the same time in St Iberius’ Church, Wexford, the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory will institute the Revd Arthur Minion to the Wexford and Kilscoran group of parishes.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’