Irish Times Notes
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Church of Ireland Historical Society Meeting
The next meeting of the Society will be held in the Music Room of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, on Saturday 7 November beginning with coffee and registration at 10.30am. In the morning session Dr Jarlath Killeen from the School of English in TCD will speak on ‘The Irish Protestant Gothic tradition’ and this will be followed by a research paper by Ms Jessica Cunningham on ‘For ‘‘Decency and Order’’: The Church of Ireland’s
acquisition and use of altar silver in the seventeenth century’.
After lunch Dr Jennifer Redmond from the History Department in Maynooth will speak on ‘Protestants in Free State Ireland: Perceptions of identity and belonging in the post–revolutionary period’ and the day will conclude with a lecture by Dr Ian d’Alton on ‘Navigating the minefield: how The Irish Times and the Church of Ireland Gazette approached the Tilson case and the dogma of the Assumption in 1950’.
You can register online at http://churchofirelandhist.org/membership/ If you wish to become a member the annual subscription was fixed last year at €40 (or £35). This includes admission to our bi–annual conferences, lunch, book discounts, and exclusive access to the Society’s podcasts.
Non–members are most welcome. They are asked to subscribe €10 (£7) at the door to assist with conference expenses (lunch not included). Queries may be either addressed to the honorary secretary, Dr Adrian Empey, by email at: [email protected] or visit the society’s website: http://churchofirelandhist.org/
What are you afraid of? This Halloween night, you are invited to bring your fears to Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, and hold them up to see them in a different light. An alternative style Eucharist will include an open prayer time for individuals to engage with interactive prayer installations relating to our day–to–day fears. Prayer ministry will also be available for those who would like someone to pray with them about a need. The Revd Jack Kinkead, Priest–in–Charge, Wicklow and Killiskey, will be the preacher. The cathedral opens for prayer at 9pm and the All Saints Eucharist begins at 9.30pm.
Today (Saturday) there will be an art sale and exhibition in St Philip’s Hall, Temple Road, Dartry, beginning at 10am and continuing tomorrow at 12.30pm. The sale is in aid of the St Philip’s Church Roof Fund.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning, at 10.30am, Zion church, Rathgar, will mark the anniversary of its opening on 1 November 1861 with a Festival Eucharist and Te Deum at which the Archbishop of Dublin will preside and preach, while the Bishop of Clogher will be in Rossory parish church for a Service of Dedication following a major project of internal repair. In St Anne’s cathedral, Belfast, at 3.30pm the 50th anniversary of the Corrymeela Community will be celebrated at a service which will be attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and at the same time in the Dominican Church, Athy, Dr Philip Knowles will present a Songs of Praise service for the Lions Club.
On Tuesday evening the Archbishop of Armagh begins the first in a series of nine workshops on the theme of prayer and praying which will be held in Mullabrack, Killyman and Cookstown.
The lunchtime recital in St Mary’s cathedral, Limerick, on Wednesday will be given by Helen Houlihan (soprano) and Irina Dernova (piano) who will present works by Granados, Barber, Copland and Honegger, while on Thursday evening in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, the cathedral choir will sing Brahms’ ‘Requiem’ beginning at 8pm.
Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’