Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Saturday 14 March 2015
St Patrick’s Tide Celebrations
The celebration of the patronal festival of our national saint get under way tomorrow (Sunday) when in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin, there will be a Patronal Sequence of Music & Readings at Evensong. On Monday evening in Carrigaline, on the eve of St Patrick’s Day, there will be an Irish language celebration of the Eucharist in St Mary’s church at 7.30pm and on St Patrick’s Day in St John’s church, Sandymount, at 11am there will be a Communion Service with extracts from the O Riada Mass and prayers and hymns in Irish and English.
On Tuesday, St Patrick’s Day, in Downpatrick, the preacher at the Festival Service in Down cathedral will be the Archbishop of Canterbury. The service will be preceded by a celebration of Holy Communion in St Patrick’s Memorial church, Saul, where the preacher will be Dom Mark–Ephrem from Holy Cross Monasterty, Rostrevor, and this will be followed by a pilgrimage from Saul to Downpatrick. Following the Festival Service in Down cathedral there will be a wreath laying ceremony at St Patrick’s grave.
In Cork the Bishop of Cork will preside and preach at the Festival Eucharist and Civic Service in St Fin Barre’s cathedral. This will be followed by a reception in the Palace for the Lord Mayor, City Council and representatives of the civic life of Cork and voluntary groups.
St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin will, once again, be floodlight in green. The Festival Eucharist at 11am will be attended by the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick and the address will be given by the British ambassador, Mr Dominick Chilcott. On RTE Radio 1 at 5pm the Cathedral Consort will sing at a Patronal Service led by Canon Charles Mullen.
Those who are interested in St Patrick’s Day 100 years ago, and indeed in many other aspects of life in the Church of Ireland in 1915 should consult the current RCB Library’s ‘Archive of the Month’ presentation which is a digitized version of the Church of Ireland Gazette for that year. This will be available from 1 April through the Church of Ireland website at http://ireland.anglican.org/about/128
Today (Saturday) the Church of Ireland Evangelical Fellowship will hold a conference entitled ‘On the Front Line: Mission and the Local Church’ in St Patrick’s cathedral, Armagh. Among the speakers will be the Revd Dr Heather Morris from the Methodist Church in Ireland and the Revd Dr Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hill Theological College. In St George’s church, Belfast, at noon the Third Order of Anglican Franciscans will have a Quiet Day which will be led by the Revd David Houston.
On Monday evening in Ardess Parish Centre Canon David Crooks, Rector of Taughboyne, and editor of the recently published biographical succession lists of Church of Ireland clergy, will speak to the local history society about ‘The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland’.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by Helen Houlihan (soprano) and Irina Dernova (piano) who will perform works by Schubert, Barber and Barouqe composers. In the evening, in SS Peter & Paul’s church, Dunboyne, Dr Andrew Pierce will speak on ‘Christianity and Homelessness’ while in St Andrew’s church, Malahide , the Lenten speaker will be Donal Harrington who teaches pastoral theology at All Hallows College and the Church of Ireland Theological Institute.
On Friday evening the Bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory will introduce the Revd Alison Seymour–Whiteley as priest–in–charge of the Templemore union of parishes. She succeeds Canon Peter Cole–Baker who has retired from the stipendiary ministry.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’