Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 8 November 2014
Remembrance
This weekend the centenary of World War I will provide an additional focus for the annual remembrance services and related events throughout the Church of Ireland.
Today (Saturday) the Bishop of Cork and Dean of Cork’s First World War Centenary Initiative will be held in St Fin Barre’s cathedral. Cork people are invited to bring photographs of ancestors who died or fought in World War I to the cathedral to be scanned and included in the visual memorial adjacent to the Heroes Colum. In Dublin, at 2.30pm in St Matthew’s church, Irishtown, the historian, High Patrick Lynch will give a lecture, ‘Worship, Welfare, War’ , while in Julianstown, Co. Meath, there will be Church Open Day with an exhibition and presentations on the parish and World War I, including the Royal Meath Regiment. In the evening at 8pm St Patrick’s church, Greystones, will hold a commemorative evening entitled ‘Softly March Away’. Written and presented by Irish Times journalist, Peter Murtagh, the evening will be centred on the 22 men whose names are recorded on the parish’s memorial tablet.
Tomorrow (Sunday) the Bishop of Clogher will be in Adelaide in South Australia where he has been invited to preach in the cathedral on Remembrance Sunday. In St Paul’s church, Glenageary, Major General David O’Morchoe will give the address at the Remembrance Service at 10.30am and at 11.15am the Very Revd Dr Philiip Knowles will preach at the Civic Service of Remembrance in St Iberius’ church, Wexford which will be attended by the Mayor and Council. In the Chapel of the King’s Hospital the address at the Service of Remembrance will be given by the recently retired school archivist, Mrs Lesley Whiteside, and following the service there will be a reception to launch a commemorative booklet on the school and World War. At 3.15pm RTE will televise Remembrance Sunday Evensong from St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, where the preacher will be the Revd Peter Rutherford, a former army chaplain.
A specially commissioned short film documentary ‘The Boys from East Belfast’ focusing on the discovery of letters written by ten soldiers from East Belfast and serving at the Western Front is to be given its first screening at St Mark’s church, Dundela on Monday evening. The film is a collaboration between the RCB Library and the Church of Ireland Historical Centenaries Working Group. Dr Susan Hood, from the RCB Library, and local historians from East Belfast will speak about the letters which will be on display. Following the screening the film will be available to view on the Church of Ireland website as the RCB Library’s November ‘Archive of the Month‘.
Today (Saturday) the Church’s Ministry of Healing will hold a Quiet Day in St Mary’s cathedral, Tuam, while in Dublin the RSCM will hold, ‘Lift Up Your Voice’, a course for churches with no musical leadership.
On Tuesday the second in the series of lunchtime lectures, ‘Introducing Christ Church 2’ will be given in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, by Dr Stuart Kinsella who will speak about the cathedral’s monuments In the evening, at 7.30pm Mullabrack Parish Centre, the Archbishop of Armagh will give the first of two ‘Archbishop’s Roadshows’ on the theme of ‘Disciples and Apostles’.
On Wednesday evening at 8pm there will be a public lecture by theologian, James Alison, entitled ‘The Christianity of Gay and Lesbian Truthfulness’.. Arranged by Changing Attitude Ireland in partnership with Methodist Accepting Sexuality and Gay Catholic Voice Ireland, the lecture will be held in Belfast South Methodist Church, Lisburn Road.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’